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NOVITATES ZOOLOGIOAE.
Vol. XIII., lyOG.
NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE
H Jouvnal of Zooloi3\!
IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRING MUSEUM.
EDITKD BY
The Hon. WALTER UOTHSCHILD, Ph.D.,
1)k. ERNST IIARTRRT, .\nd Dr. K. JORDAN.
Vol. XTIT., 190G.
(WITH TKX PLATES.)
Issued at the Zoolo(ik'al Museum, Tring.
rniNTED BY HAZEI.L, WATSON & VINKY, Ld., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
190G.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIII. (lOOO).
GENERAL SUBJECTS.
(See notes on nomenclature of species, geographical and other varieties, etc., pp. 42.3—4.3:2.)
AVES.
P.\GES
1. On the Birds of the Ishvnd of Trinidad. 0. E. Hellmayr .... 1—60
2. On the Birds of the Island of Babber. Ernst Hartert .... 288—302
3. On the Birds of Luang. Ernst Hartert 302—304
4. Critical Notes on the types of little-known species of Neotiopical Birds.
C. E. Hellmayr 305—352
5. Notes on a second collection of Birds from the District of Pari, Brazil.
C. E. Hellmayr 353—385
6. Miscellanea Ornithologica. Part III. Ernst Hartert .... 386 — 405
7. Additional Notes on Birds from N.W. Australia. Ernst Hartert.
(Plate I.) 754—755
8. Notes on Birds from the Philippine Islands. Part I. Ernst Hartert.
(Plate II.) 755—758
9. Erklarung. Anton Reiciienow .......... 762
llEPTILIA.
1. A new species of Giant Tortoi.se. Walter Rothschild .... 753—754
COLEOPTERA.
1. Some n^w Anthribid.ae from the collection of H. E. Andrewcs. Karl
Jordan 408-409
J. Two new Xenocerxs in the collection of R. von Bennigsen. Karl .Jordan 410
r
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LEPIDOrTKHA.
PAGES
1. New DrepanuVid'te, Tkyrid'ulae, Um/iliilue, and GeometriihiP, from liritisli
New Guinen. William Warren Gl 161
2. Two new A i/nrhikUe. Kaul Jordan. IGl
3. On a new paiasitie Tiiieid Moth from Quoensluid. Walter Kotiischild 102 — 100
4. New Sphinyidae. Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan . . . 178 — 185
5. Two new Satwnidae. Walter Rothschild ...... 1S9 — 190
G. New Noctuidcie from British New Guinea. G. T. Bethune-Baker . 191 — 287
7. Some Sphingidae in the British Museum. Walter Rothschild and Karl
Jordan 400 -407
8. A Revision of the American Papilios. Walter RoTBSCiuLn ami Karl
Jordan. (Plates IV.— IX.) 411-752
9. Notes to Plates III. and X 759-761
SIPHONAPTEKA.
1. Notes on the Siphonnpte'i-a from the Argentine described by tlie late Prof<s.s(ir
Dr. Weycnbcrgh. Karl Jordan and N. Charles Rothschild . 170 — 177
2. Notes on Bat Fleas. N, 0. Rothschild 186-188
LIST OE PLATES IN VOLUME XIII.
Plate I. Aiitstralian Birds. By J. G. Keulemans.
II. Philipiiiiie BiiJs. By J. G. Keulemans.
III. Lepidoptera from New Guinea.
IV. ^
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
American Papilios.
X. Lepidoptera from New Guinea, Surinam, and Africa.
Vii
ERRATA.
p. 8, line 3 from above, read : vol. 38 instead of vol. 30.
p. 'J: the heading of species 14 ought to be; Cijaiicri)cs ci/niicn ryniica.
p. 33, species 99 : the authority of Gluucis Uirsula should be : (Gm.).
p. 58, species fi, read : dirdinnlh instead of Orrdueltx.
p. 3'20, line 17 from below, read: adult ^ (J instead of adult $ ?.
p. 351, line 33 from above, read : p. 3J2 instead of 'iii.
p. 351, last Une, read: p. 332 instead of 322.
p. 369, line 14 from below, read: "the main difference" instead of "the only difference.'
p. 387, line 16, 18, 22 from above, read : yeiiissieimis instead of yumseei/isis.
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NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE.
Vol. XIII. FEBRUARY, 1900. No. 1.
ON THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD.
By 0. E. HELLMAYR.
ri"^HE iire.sL'iit jiaper is primarily liased ou the extensive collectiou.s made l)j'
-L Mr. Andre or his collectors in different parts of the island. Besides these
series, which amount to upwards of 1500 skins, the Tring Mnseum received a
number of birds collected bv Dr. Percv Rendall in the districts of Savannah
Grande and Tacarigua.
The greater part of Mr. Andre's collections was brought together on the
C'aparo and ( 'aroni Rivers, in the province Chaguauas ; bnt a good many specimens
have also been sent from Chaguararaas, on the north-western peninsula, and i'rom
Valencia, ])rovince of Arima. A few skins were obtained at Mount Aripo, at an
elevation (if from 150U to 2■^W feet. Among these are several species not obtained
elsewliere : such as, Titnagra cijcitiocephala suhrinerea ScL, Colihri (lelphinrie (Less.)
and Steatnn/is caripensis Humb. Thus, it would appear that the avifanna of the
mountainous district is to a certain extent different from that of the plains.
The best account of the birds of Trinidad has been published by Mr. Frank
Chapman in the Bulletin of the American Museum, vol. vi. (1894) pp. 1 — SO. This
elaborate paper contains a review of the existing literature, and the faunal position
of the island is so fully discussed that I need not go into the question at great
length. Mr. Chapman also called attention to the fact that most of the so-called
" Trinidad " skins are collected on the Venezuelan mainland. Many of these
skins in continental museums are labelled " Trinidad," " Orinoco delta," or even
" (luiaua," but their exact localities are as yet unknown. I suspect, however, that
they mostly come from that part of Venezuela south of the Orinoco delta adjoining
British Guiana, inhabited by the Warraw Indians. It appears that the Indian
linnters visit the plains as well as more elevated districts (perhaps the Serra de
Imataea), as typical (iniaiia forms, sui^h as Xi-nopipu atronite/is, and at the same
time characteristic high bind species, for instance ('nt/iarus tnelpomene /jirc//ul/i Heeh.,
occur in these trade collections. The most remarkable type, however, is JL/lon</mjj/M
macroceica Gonld. This has been attributed to Brazil by Salviu and Hartert,
but the make of the skins leaves not the slightest doubt as to their origin. The
many specimens examined are all of the nsnal '' Orinoco" m;ike, as is also the type
of C/tloropkanes purpurascens Scl. & Salv.
As well known, Trinidad belongs faunistically to Venezuela, and has no
relations whatever to the West Indies. Only one species, a swift, Chactura
cinereiiientiix laicrem-ci Kidgw., is peculiar to Grenada, Tobago and Trinidad, being-
represented in Guiana by the nearly allied C. c. yuianeims Hart. All other species
are of undoubted South American origin.
^ The greater part of the resident land birds appears to have limnd their way to
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Trinidad throngh the Paria peuiiisulu. Quite si nnniliei- of forms characteristic of
the north coast of Venezuela extend tlieir range into the island, and several others
are strictly confined to Trinidad and tlie neighbouring district of Vcneznola, viz.
the state of Cumanu (and sometimes the northera portion of the Orinoco delta).
Sucii s])ecics are tlie following : Tnrdns phaeopijtjui pliaeopi/yokles, Uampliocelus
jacapa magnirostris, ['hocnicothmiipis rubra, P/iact/ioniis gmj gui/, Agijrtriu
ckionopectus cliionopectiis, etc.
Other siiecies show decided Guiana affinities, and are not known to occur
in the coast region of Venezuela. Hore belong Molothni.s iitroniti'ns, Sclateria
naevia, Pliaethoruis Ionguemareu$, Ceryle superciliosa miperciliosa, Trogon violaceus
riolaceus, llampliastos citellinus, Amazona amazonica, Coluniha rtifina rufna, Rallus
longirostris longirostris, etc. Thns the avifauna of Trinidad is composed of two
elements, Lnt the true Venezuelan forms are much in preponderance.
Besides, there are a number of species and subspecies peculiar to tiie island of
Trinidad. Mr. (ihapman {l.c. p. 7) enumerates twelve species, four of which were
since shown to occur also on the mainland (Phelps, Ati/t 1897, p. 302). The
careful comparison of onr Trinidad series with the material from Cnmana* and
the Orinoco region f in the Tring Museum brought to light several other forms,
which, though nearly allied to their mainland representatives, have sufficiently
marked characters as to warrant subspecific separation. The following is the list
of these forms with their mainland representatives :
Species peculiar to Trinidad.
Rei)resented on the miiinland
Ci/aMrpes caerulea trinitatis (Bp.)
Calospisa mexicatia vie/lloti Scl. .
Pilangus suljihuratux Irhiilalii: Hellm.
Si/>ia!la:cis terreslris carri Chapm.
Djinilhamnus affiiik amlrei Hellm.
Sauceroltea eri/thronntos cn/f/i rmintitx
(Leas.). . . . . .
Celme elegans leotaiidi Hellm.
Piaytt cayaiia iiisnlaiia Hellm. .
Pipile pipile (Jacqu.) ....
Ihjdriiiiussa iriciihir riifiinrnliiiii Hellm.
near Cumanii by C. caerulea caerulea (Linn.).
in the Orinoco delta by C. mericana media Berl. & Hart.
near Cumanu by /*. sttlp/niralus rujipeiiHiA (Lafr.).
near Cumana liy N. t^rre^^lris sfr/atipectun Chapm.
in British Guiana by D. affiiih spodioiiutiin Salv. i- Godm.
in Cumanii by S. ertjlhronotos felkiae (Less.).
in the Orinoco delta and British Guiana by C. elef/aiix
reirhinhfichi auct.
near Cumand by P. i-ai/aiia cuhiiuhiami (Cab. & Heine),
on the Orinoco River by P. cuniatienxis (Jacqu.).
in Surinam and Cayenne by If. Irirnhiv lri<;,lor
(P. L. S. Mall.).
Of these ten peculiar forms three : Dgsitkanuus affiitis undrci, Calospizu
mexieana vieilloti, and Celens elegans Icotaudi, are of undoubted Guianan origin ;
Pipile pipile finds its nearest ally in a bird inhabiting the environs of Paril,
while five others are of decided Venezuelan affinities, lliplranuam t. rujimentum
has close allies in the West Indies and in the (iuiauas, being therefore of no
importance for the present consideration.
it now remains to say a few words about the relations between Trinidad and
Tobago. The only recent account about the birds of Tobago is Comte de Dalmas'
excellent paper in the Mcmoires dc la Socicfc Zoologique de France, xiii. (19U0)
• This collection, nnmbering abont 1200 specimens, wa-s made by a Mr. Caracciolo, one of Mr. Andr6"s
collectors.
t This comprises the extensive collections made by Mr. Cherrie on the Orinoco, that of Messrs.
Klages and Andr6 on the t'aura River, and a sm:tll collection from tJuanoco in tlic Orinoco ilelta, received
from Mr. Andr6.
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pp. l:S2-44, wlierein S5 species are recorded for the island. Mr. Andre sent
a collection of 4U0 specimens from Tobago to the Tring Museum containing
all the species mentioned by Dalmas, with the exception of two or three. Ten
subspecies are peculiar to the island of Tobago ; only four of these have repre-
sentatives on Trinidad, but of the others nearly allied races are found on the
Venezuelan mainland. Three (or perhaps fonr) species are common to Trinidad
and Tobago, while allied races take their place on the Paria coast.
The following lists give a better idea of these sjjecies and their mainland
representatives :
Peculiar to Tobago.
Represented on Trinidad by
Represented on the mainland by
Tiirthis .raiflhoxcefu^ Jard.
.1/imMs fi'ilvHA /ohagenais Dalra.
Tfof/lodi/tea 7nu>!mliiA tohagenals
Lawr
li llhipliihiiy flui'ipea hiatihiris Scl." .
7\inugi'a cpUciij)Un herlepsflt/ Dalm.
Chirtj.r/jihia ptireohi tilhiiiticaDnlm.
Si/)ialhixis terreslris ierrexlris Jard.
SitUyittnttis griaeiis fir'isfiAtK Javd.
Form/civot'a hiternteilia tohiuiPii^'is
Dalm
Sauceriittea fri/thrntiot't.^ vclhi
Bouc.
[Turdas leiicojix subsp. (Brit.
Guiana).]
Mimus gilviis melajiopleriix'La'WT.
T. m. rhn-im Berl. & Hart, j T. m. chiriis Berl. & Hart.
H. jUwipes ucuik-anda Lawr.
T, episcopus sclaliri Berl.
.S, li'nrslri.i rmri Chapm.
S. fr}/thrntiof(}ft eri/tliri'ttotoa
(Less.).
T. episcojyus sclateri Berl. (?).
Chh'oxiphia lyai'Pola jtarfuht
(Linn.) in Brit. Guiana, ete.
S. tm-enti-is HfrkitipeciKu (Jhapni,
tS". fjrlseu.'i phdp^i Chapm.
F. tiiUrmedia intermedia Cab.
S, evi/thruwiloii feliciue (Less.).
Species peculiar to Trinidad and Tobago.
Represented on the mainland by
Deiuhornis susnrrans susurraus (Jard.)
Vemliornis Icirlci hirk-i (Malh.) .....
Moinotm hahaiticufih bahauieusts Swa.
Geotri/go/i fip. (near G. I inenrix)
D. susurrans ytrdinei Dalm.
V. kirki coiithicnfulis Hellm.
^f. bahatnetfsis venezuflae Sharpe.
G. linearis renezuelem'ts Salvad. (M^rida).
Besides the ten forms jieculiar to Tobago, there are six species which are
known to occur on the mainland, but have not been fonnd on Trinidad. These are
the following species :
Sj/orojiliihi aiitericariii (Gra.) (= Vmcatii auct.) Found also in ]>rit. (Juiana,
Cayenne, Surinam ; but not in Venezuela.
Eiietlieia hicolor omissii (Jard.). Fonnd also in the state of Cumana, etc.
DysiOiamniis meidalis meiitfdis (Temm.). Found alsn in the state of
Cnmansl, etc.
Cumpyloijterus ensipcnnis (8ws.). Known also from (Aimami.
Melaiterpeii ferricolor Berl. Known also from (Jumana, Orinoco, etc.
Ortalis riificatif/a (Jard.). Also fonnd on the Orinoco, but not yet recorded
from Cumana.
The occurrence on ToViago of these l)irds is difficult to explain. Even if we
admit that the two Finches and the Ortalis might have been introduced, any such
* llylophilus insularis Solater, P. Z. S. 18C1. p. 128 (Tobago).—//, pallidi/rons Dalmas, Af<hn. .S'w.
Zoiil. France ,xiii. VMt). p. Ilj5 (Tobago). I compared Sclator's type in the British Museum, and fmnul it
to be an immature bird of the large island race of aciitirmtdtf, named II. paUidi/rimn by Dalmas.
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slippositimi would lie qtiito impossible with regaiil to the Humming-ljird and the
Woodpeokcr.
The fiist chapter of my pa])er eontains the acconut of the species collected bj-
Messrs. Andre, Perc_v Hendall and Chapman, the second a list of the sj)ecie8 found
on the islands between Trinidad jirojier and the Paria coast, and the third an
enumeration of those the oeenrrence of which is doubtful or has been wrongly given.
I have not included a number of Water-birds once or twice recorded for Trinidad,
as they arc carefully enumerated in C'hajuuau's paper referred to above.
I.-LIST OF THE BIRPS ACTUALLY FOUND ON TRINIDAD.
1. Turdus phaeopygus phaeopygoides Seeb.
[Turdua pharojii/f/us Cabanis ; in Schomburgk, Tfcwf Brit. Guuimi, iii. (1S4S) p. GGl! (Brit. Guiana).]
T. pl,aeoj>;/f/oule« Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mim. v. (1881) p. 404 (Tobago).
T. phoeopiijiia Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 197.
2 (J ad., 1 S jr., 1 ? jr., Valencia, March : 1 c? ad., Cajmro, April ; 1 t? ad.,
Aripo, 20IJU ft., May.
This series agrees with two topotypical Tobago-skins, in iiaviii'^- the back
idive-brown with a slight greenish tinge, which is never to be seen in tyjiieal
'/'. jt/KWOji'/t/i/.i from British Guiana, etc. The specimen from Aripo, although
nither browner than the others, is still decidedly more olive, less nal'ons brown
on the crown and nape than Gniana examples. One c? ad. from Cnmana and
one ? from Gnanoco in the Orinoco delta belong likewise to 7'. p. phacopi/goiilc.'i,
while the specimens collected by Mr. S. M. Klagos on the ('aura River represent
typical phaeopyyus. Notwithstanding some individual variation, tlie distinctness
of T. jj. pkaeojjygoides is fully confirmed by the present series. Its distribution
is as follows : Tobago : Mariah and Castare, May (Andre coll. in Mus. Tring) ;
Tiiniflad {tide supra); N.f'J. Venezuelu : Santa Ana Valley, near Cumanii,
March (Caracciolo coll. in Mus. Tring) ; Gnanoco, in the Orinoco delta, February
(Andr(5 coll. in Mus. Tring).
The adult specimens from the various localities have the ft)llowing measure-
ments : —
? (probably cJ), Mariali, Tobago . Wing,
¥ Castare, Tobago . . . „
J ( 'ajiaro, Trinidad . . . „
S N'alencia, „ . . . „
o ,, ,> . . . ,,
? (iuanuco, Orinoco-delta . . „
cJ Sta Ana, Cnmand . . . „
According to Ltotaud {Lc.) this species is
in .hum. J. Oriiitli. 19U2, pji. (i:5-5, CD.
2. Turdus fumigatus Licht.
Tardus fninKjulKS Lichtenstcin. I'ei:. Duld. (IHi:!) p. 38 (Brasilien).
T. casius (nee Bonaparte !) LiJotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 204.
8 adults ((? and ?) and 2 juv. from Caparo, March and April; 1 c? ad.
Valencia, March.
These specimens are above much lighter, not so dark rn-ily brown as
111):
tail.
, 1(1 ;
bill.
20.', mm.
Imi ;
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89;
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2o" „
nil;
n
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109;
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85;
11
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1 1 19 ;
)i
87;
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20 „
li)->;
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82i;
1 !I
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103 ;
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80;
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f. niv remarks
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others I'rum I'aiVi (coll. hftwre), iiml on tlic Inwcr parts also cousidcnilily jalcr,
more ocbveous-brown, less rusty. A specimen from Duaca (near Tocuyo iu
N.W. Veneznela) is similar. Two examples from the Orinoco (Maipnres,
Munduapo) are everywhere darker, but not so intensely coloured as those from
Brazil. Cf. my remarks in Jonrii. f. Ornith. 1902, pp. 65-(i.
3. Turdus gymnophthalmus Cab.
Tiiirlns ijt/iiiiii'/JdIialiiiiis Cabauis : in Schuniburgk, R'ji«e lir'it. Guuiim, iii. (1848) p. fiS.i (ex
La Guaira, Caracas, and Cayenne).
T. iwdii/iiiis Lrataud, Ois. Triiiidml, p. 201.
•,' <? ad,, 3 ? ?, from Caparo, March, Aiiril ; 1 cJ from 8eelet, April; 2 ? ?
from C'aroni, May.
With a series of 'S'^ adult birds from Ciimana, Surinam, Britisii (Juiana,
Trinidad, Tobago, and tlie ( )rinoco region, I can see no difterence whatever Ijetween
the skins from the various localities. All, whether in fresh plumage or not, have
the base of the bill dark horn-colour or jilumbeous, the apical portion yellow
or greenish yellow. The naked space behind the eye is bright orange-yellow in
freshly killed specimens, but is also very well jaonouuced in old skins.
The nearest ally of 7'. (ji/mmphthalmus is T. maculirostrin Berl. it Tacz.,
of West Ecuador, as I have pointed out in Journ. f. Ornith. lOii'J, p. 53, where
also a short review of the allied forms is given.
1 have since had an opportunity of inspecting the series of " T. maculirostrix"
of the " Monograph of the Turdidae " in the British Museum.
As suggested in my former article, it is a mixtiim comiJOsitKin of three
different species. The following is the identification of the specimens listed by
Mr. U. B. Sharpe {I.e. i. p. 240) s.n. " T. niMulirostri.'s" :—
(a) Turrl>(s maculirostris Berl. & Tacz.
8pec. b, c. Balzar (lllingworth) ."i
„ ,/, r/. Pallatanga (Fraser). . - All these places are in West Ecmdor.
„ /. Santa Rita (Villagomez) ..'
The above specimens have the base of the bill dusky and the apical portion
yellow ; behind the eye there is a small naked spot.
(J)) T/irc/ifs iqiiohlU.-s debilis Hellm.
Spec. a. Rio Napo (Jameson) .\
,, (I, e. Sarayacu (Buckley) .j- East Ecuador.
„ h. Zamora (Fraser) .1
„ /■ — 0. from various localities in Peru.
These nine si)ecimcns, as well as those collected by Messrs. (Joodfellow &
Hamilton at Archidona and on the Rio Napo, East Ecuador (Mus. Tring) have
the bill entirely black and no trace of the naked spot behind the eye. Most of
the above e.xamples have a pure white patch on the fore-neck below the strijied
throat, but sometimes this character is obsolete. T. i debilis can, however, always
easily be distinguished from the typical form by its much shorter and weaker bill,
and the pure white throat with the dusky stripes much more distinct.
I have e.xamined three Bogota skins which, undoubtedly, belong to T. i. debilis.
They probably came from the eastern slopes of the Andes, while typical T. ////inbU's
seems to be confined to the mountains north of Bogota, and evidently m-curs only
on hi"h elevations.
{'■) Tu/ffus fimaurochalixu^ Cab.
Spec, ji, ij. Mapiri and Buganti (Buckle\}.
No. >i is yonng. Imt specimen // a fnlly adult bird. It Las a yellow bill,
and is nothing else than a very worn example of T. amawoclialinus. Count
Berlepsch has a large series of beantiliil skins from various places in Eastern
Bolivia whicli are in no way different from the Brazilian ones.
4. Troglodytes musculus clarus Berl. ik. Hart.
Triiriltifli/lcs iiiuxniliis r!nrn)< Berlepsch & II:utcit, Xur. Zo-//. ix. (1902) p. 8 (typ. ex Barlica Grove,
Brit. Ouiana).
T. nifuliis (nee Cabaiiis !) Chapman, BM. Amer. Mux, vi. (1894) p. 2,S (Trinidad).
1 S ad. from Caparo, April, agreeing with the pale form whicii inhabits
British Guiana, Cayenne, Surinam. Cumami, and the Orinoco region.
T. m. tobn(/ciii<i» Lawr.* from the island of Tobago, however, is quite distinct,
having the lower surface pure white, only the sides and under tail-coverts being
washed with isabelline-rufous. The differences have been well pointed out by
Comte de Dalmas.f It has also much longer wings and a rather longer tail.
In T. m. clurus the whole lower surface is pale isabelliue-rufous, only the
fore part of the throat and the middle of the abdomen inclining to creamy-whitish.
5. Thryothorus rutilus Vieill.
Thiiiolliunis nililiis Vieillot, Xoiu: Ui.i. xxxiv. (181'.i) p. :ib (" AmiTique septentrionale " — errore !
we substitute Trinidad as the typical habitat).
Sixteen specimens of both sexes from Chaguaramas (.January ), Caparo (April),
Lavantille (March), Valencia (March), Pointe Gourde (January), and Seelet (April).
They agree with a large series from Tobago, Cumana, and Ejido (near Jlerida),
in having the whole nndersurfaee strongly tinged with rufous except the middle
line of breast and belly, which is white. In some specimens, however, this white
8trij)e is almost wanting, and they come nearer to T. i-Ktilus hijijenjthras from
Costa Ilica and Panama, but the latter form is still recognisable by the decidedly
lighter, more orange-rufous tint of the lower parts.
7". riitihi.-i fii/pospoilins Salv. k Godm., from Bogota, has .only the chest
bright rufous, the rest of the lower jiarts being dirty gre\ ish with a Ijrownish
wash on tlie flanks.
C. Compsothlypis pitiayuini ( Vieill.).
Sijhiii intiiniiiiiii Vieillot, Nuno. Dirt. xi. (1817) p. 276 (Paraguay — ex A/.ara, No. 109).
Comiisiilhli/jiix jiilitiijiniii Chapman, Bull. Amu: Mas. vi. (1894) p. 24 (Trinidad aud Monos Ibluud).
i S 6 from Chagnaramas, January ; h <S <? I'rom Pointe Gourde, January ; aud
1 (? ad. from Caparo, Ai)ril.
These specimens are generally richer coloured than typical Paraguay skins.
~. Dendroica aestiva (Gm.).
iloidciUa 'ifMii-a Gmulin, SiiM. Xal. 1. ii. (1788) p. 996 (Cayenne and Canada : the latter locality
accepted as the typical habitat).
I c? ad. and 1 ? from Laventille, 1',). iii., i). xi. ; 1 ? (Jhagnaramas, ]. i.
* Tn'ijhilifUg iohatjfiigis Lawrence, Auk v. (ISss) p. iiij (Tobago),
t Mem. Soe. Zool. France, xiii. (1900) p. 133.
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^. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gin.).
iloluciUa iiovchovacemis Gmelin, Syst. Nut. i. ii. (1788) p. [158 (Louisiana).
1 c?, Caparo, 19. iv. ; 1 c?, Ohaguavamas, 6. \. ; I i , Seelet, 14. iv.
!». Geothlypis aequinoctialis (Gm.).
MoktciUa aeiiiihitntiulis Gmelin, Sjxt. Nul. i, ii. (1788) p. 97'2 (ex Dauljcntou, /'/. enl. 1)85, fig. 1 —
Cayenne).
Althoiii;h Taylor atul Chapman met with this species, and Leotand says it
is common, Mr. Audre did not send it in his numerons collections.
111. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.)
MiilwiUu. Riilirilhi Linnaeus, f<ijsf. Nat. x. (17.58) p. 186 (Virginia: e.'c Catesljy).
2 c?cJ, Pointe Gourde, 13, l.si. ; 1 c? ad.,',' ¥ ?, Laventilie, 0 xi., :,'m xii. ;
one pair, (.'haguaramas, January.
Winter visitor.
11. Basileuterus auricapillus olivascens riiapni.
[Setaphaijii iiiniiapiUu Swainson, Aiiim. Mciiaij. (1838) p. 2'X3 ("Mexico & Brazil."— We accept
Brazil as typical locality.*).]
Basileuterus vertnirorns nlivasmis Chapman, Auk x. (1803) p. 343 (Trinidad).
3 c?c? and 1 ?, Caparo, March and April; 1 adult (not sexed), Lavcntille,
March.
This subspecies dififers from typical B. ai(ricapUli(s (Sw.) ex Rio, S. Paulo
and Paraguay by its slightly more greyish, less greenish back, and in having
the outer webs of the tail-feathers and quills olive-grey instead of olive-green.
Specimens from Cumana (a large series in the Tring Museum) are practically
identical with those from the island. .
12. Coereba luteola (Cab.)
Ccrthiola lulcolit Cabanis, J/«s. IleiiKun, I. (1850) p. Ulj ("Puerto Cabello?")
Sixteen specimens of both sexes (adult and young) from t'aparo, iii. iv. ;
] c? ad. Valencia, iii. ; one pair from Seelet, iv. They agree perfectly with a
large series from Cumana, S. Esteban and the Orinoco River. One S ad. from
Englishman Bay, Tobags, is a shade blacker on the back, but otherwise not
different. All have the whole upperside dull blackisli, deeper on the head
(only the immature birds with a slight olivaceous tinge) and a large white
speculum at the base of the primaries.
C. (juianensis Cab., ijuite erroneously synonymised with ('. chloropi/ifi, by
Mr. Sclater, differs from ( '. luteola by its much paler, smoky grey upper surface,
and by the want of the white speculum, which is but barely indicated under
the primary coverts by some traces of whitisli ; the rump-band is as brighl
yellow as in C. luteola.
C. cMofopiiya Cab., which ranges from Rio to Para, is again much i)aler,
light olivaceous grey above, the crown decidedly duller and less intense than in
C. guianensis, and the rump-band much paler, dull olive-yellowish (instead ot
bright chrome-yellow); the wing-speculum is, likewise, nearly wanting. In fact,
the three forms are very distinct one from another.
* Swaiiison's description evidently refers to the Brazilian :>pecies, for he sa,\^> "above, oUve-greeu."
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lo. Cyauerpes caerulea trinitatis (Bii.)
[Certhia aienihn Linnaeus, %</. Sm. Id. i. (17.')8) p. 11« (ex Edwards— Surinam).]
Coereha Irimhills Bonaparte, Cnm/.t. lb ml. Ar. Sc. vol. 3'J. (1854) p. 258 (" e.\ Insula Saucla-
Trinit;ui.'' — Mus. Verreau.'i)
ArhelwhiiM aieniha Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mux. vi. (18114) p. 25 (Trinidad).
8 t? ad., C <S jr. or ? ? fioiii Vulcncia, March. Besides, we buvc two
adnlt males, collected by Dr. Percy Reiuliill in the Savannah Grande district, in
Febrnary INOT.
The series dillers Irom ail the ulher subspecies in liavnig a much loiij;er,
and at the base considerably broader bill. In the males the anterior part of
the crown, too, is decidedly darker blue, there beini^ no trace of the distinct
liglit blue patch to be seen in the other forms. The females from Trinidad have
the upper parts of a darker, duller green, and the uchreous colour of the throat
distinctly darker.
Birds of the so-called " Orinoco "-make agree jierfectly with those from
Trinidad, and raise once more the question whether some of these skins may not
really come from some part of that island. This sii[iposilion is strengthened by the
fact that specimens collected by Mr. Andre at Guauoco in the Orinoco-delta do
not belong to the hmg-billed island race, but agree in every way with typical
C. merulca from Surinam and Cayenne.
The Trinidad form is apparently entitled to the name C. trinituti.'i of
Bonaparte, which is entirely omitted from the Cat. of Binis, vol. .\i. Ferhajis
A. longiio/s/iis ("ab.* is an earlier name for the same form, but then the locality
must be wrong, since specimens from S. Esteban and Cumana both represent
the short-billed typical <'. caernlca.
With a series of 8U specimens before me, I can easily recognise the following
subspecies south of the isthmus of Panama :
{a) C)/anerpes caerulea caerulea (Linn.)
Typical locality : Siirin/i))/ (ex Edwards).
6 ad. Bill slender at the base, 18— 2(1^ mm. long, .\nterior part of crown
slightly tinged with clear azure bluish.
I cannot find any constant difference between tyjncal Surinam skins and
others from Puerto tJabello upon which the name Arhclorliiiia brerirostris (.'ab. has
been bestowed. The latter have not shorter bills, as claimed by Professor Caliauis :
on the contrary, one of my specimens from Puerto C'abello has the bill slightly
longer than those from Cayenne and Surinam. A series from Cumana also agrees
with those from the two latter localities.
The following measurements of some adult males out of my series may be
useful to students of this dilHcnlt group:
•Z from (Juanoeo, Orinoco-dell a: wing .3(j —57 ; tail 28 —20; bill 10 — 2U mm.
„ 29 —31: „ 10 -211 „
„ 20 -27; „ 10 -105 „
8
)j
Cumana
55
65i— 50
*)
»
Cayenne
)1
5(3
1
)5
S. Esteban, near Puerto
Cabello .
,5
50
8
jj
British (iniana .
J)
.551-— 57j
5
J'
Para, Lower Amazons
JJ
.54 — 5(>
1
Tl
Surinam
)1
5(i
30 ;
„ m
»)
25.'>— 20 ;
„ 20 -21
»
25^-20 ;
„ 171-Ul
»
20 ;
„ I'-l
>)
• Mus. llcinean. i. (ISTiU) y. '.IC— Caracas.
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As will be seen from (1k' above, tlie speciineiis tVimi Parii, on the average,
have slightly shorter bills, but some of them are not ditfereiit in this respect from
Cayenne skins.
Distribution : Surinam, (Jayenne, Brit. Guiaiia, westwards through the Orinoco-
delta along the north coast of Venezula as far as Puerto Tubello, southwards
extending to Para on the mouth of the Amazons.
(6) Ci/aHcr/M'g caerulea microrhijncka (Berl.)
Coereba cui-nilen mierorhyncha Berlepscli, Jmnn. J', (hii/th. 1.SS4, \k '^^~
(Bucaramanga).
d ad. This form differs from the tyjiical one by having the anterior ])arf
of the crown as well as the cheeks of a much clearer and paler azure blue ; the
rest of the pileum is also brighter blue. Bill slender and short, sometimes even
shorter than in ' '. c. crtrruliM.
20 Bogota skins . . Wing .56— 58 ; tail 28 —31 ; bill 18— lOAmm.
1 from Jlerida, W. Venezuela „ 57 ; „ 28i ; ,, 10 ,,
2 „ Beni, E. Bolivia . „ 58i : „ 3U ; „ 17i
Distribution : C!olonibia (Bucaramanga, Bogota coll.) ; Merida in X.W.
Venezuela; thence through the Upper Amazonian region of East Ecuador and
E. Peru to N.E. Bolivia.
(c) Cyanerpes caerulea cherriei Berl. & Hart.
JS'or. Zool. ix. 09112) p. 10 (Munduapo, Upper Orinoco).
i ad. exactly like that of No. 2, but consideriilily smaller, with the bill si ill
shorter and more slender.
Two males (types) measure : Wing 52— 5o ; tail 2(J — 2(U ; bill 10 — 17 mm.
Distribution, known only from the type locality : Munduapo, Upper Orinoco.
{il) CijaiK'rpes cacndi:u triiiifotin (Bonap.)
5 ad. Differs from No. 1 in its ranch longer and stronger bill, and in having
no trace of the light azure blue tinge on the front of the head, which is dark
bine like the occiput.
Fifteen S ad. measure : wing, 58-50 ; tail about 3o ; bill, 2;H— 25 mm.
Distribution : A])pareutly confined to Trhi'ukul. Also found in the so-called
"Orinoco-delta" collections, but their exact locality is, of course, not known.
Mr. Andre, however, collected in the Orinoco delta another form (cfr. sub a).
14. Cyanerpes cyanea (Linn.)
Certliia cyaiicu Liuuaous, Si/st. Nat. xii. i. (17G6) p. 188 (e.x Edwards, Urisson, etc. — Vfv Hx
Surinam (ex Edwards, whom Linnaeus quotes first) as the typical locality).
6 c? ad., 1 (? jr. and 1 ? from Valencia, iii. ; 1 (^ ad. Seelet, iv. ; 7 r( ad.
audi ?,raiiaro, iii. and iv. ; 1 ?,Aripo, l8t)ii feet elevation, v.: Id ad. from
Savannah Grande, collected by Dr. Percy Kendall.
In the length of the bill this series agrees best with specimens from Cayenne,
and Guanoco in the Orinoco-ilelta. Two c? c? from Toliago are exactly alike.
The birds from the interior of British (luiana apjicar to be referable to the same
form, although some specimens have very short bills. A series from Cumana
and San Esteban, as well as a specimen from Ejido, however, certainly represent
a different form, having the bill very much longer. In the so-called " Orinoca-
delta" collections, both forms occur, hence it seems that these skins come from
different places.
The long-billed form from N. Venezuela is evidently entitled to the name
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r. c. erimia (I'ali.), described from Puerto Cabello. IMr. Oberholser* adopted tor
it the name C c hrcripes (Cab.), based on a sjieciiueu from the same jilace.
However, I am not qaite sure whether the locality is reliable, and as the description
of Arbelorkina eximia snits much better the long-billed race, I ])refer the latter
designation.
It is very interesting to note that the specimens from C'umana belong to
the long-billed form, while those from the Orinoco-<U'ltii, Trinidad and Tobago,
agree with the typical bird from < 'avenue. Bogota skins belong also to the
trne C. cyanea (Linn.),
The following measurements may heli> to distinguish the two races :
(a) Cijuncvpes ri/aiica cjarira (Linn.).
3 (J ad. Cayenne (Gherrie coll.) . "Wing, 01— 04; tail, 33— 37; bill, i:,ls,lNmni.
6 „ Mines district, Britisli
Guiana . . . ,, 63 — (io^; ,, 36 — 37; ,, lo — 17J „
2 ,, (Juanoco, Orinoco-delta ., 6oi, 67 ; ,, 36,38; „ l^A, 1'-' „
15 „ Trinidad . . . „ 64— 6S ; „ 354—40;,, 17^—10 „
2 „ Tobago . . . . ,,67,68; „ 38,40; „ 19 „
5 „ "Orinoco-delta"' skins . „ 63A — 65; „ 37 — 39; „ 161 — 18 „
a „ Bogota coll. . . . „ 64—66; „ 36-41; „ 161-18 „
1 „ Bahia . . . . „ 65; „ 39; „ 171 „
(J)) Ci/ancrjii'x cijaKfn cjchuiu (Cab.).
Arbrlorliiiia c.riiiiiii Cabanis, Mii». Ueiiicon. i. (IsoU) p. '.i6 (" I'orto Cabello").
4 i ad. y. Esteban, near Puerto
Cabello .
. W
ing, 64—67; tail.
, 39 — 40; 1)111,20—221 mm
1
)J
Ejido
., 'w; >i
39; „ 221 " „
1
JJ
Margarita Island .
,) ^J-i; 11
38; „ 22
i
»
Cumana .
,, 64—69; „
38-40; „ 20i-22 „
3
)J
" Orinoco-delta " sk
ins .
„ 66-68J; „
381-40; „ 201—21 „
Hah. : North coast of Venezuela from Cumaua to Puerto Cabello, thence to
Ejido, near Me'rida.
lo. Chlorophanes spiza spiza (Linn.).
ilvlocHla spi-M Liunaeus, Si/nt. Sat. x. (17.')8) p. 188 (ex Edwards— Surinam) [exol. var /i].
4 c? ad., 1 ? from Caparo, iv. : 8 c^ ad. and 2 ? ? from Valencia, iii.
They belong to the tyi)ical form, agreeing with a large series from Cumauii,
S. Esteban, Gnanoco in the Orinoco-delta, British Guiana, Canra Kiver and
Cayenne. <\ -s. ijiiatfmalciisis !Scl. from Central America is larger, with a longer
bill, and has the j)bimagc of a lighter, more greenish tinge.
16. Dacnis cayana cayana (L.j.
Mniocilln cayniw Liuuacus, Sijsl. .\,il. xii. 1. (ITiKi; p. ri3G (Cayenue.— ex Bris.son f).
2 S S from Laventille, iv., v. ; 1 J from Seelet, \v.; I S from Chaguaramas,
i. ; 1 J jnv. Valencia, iii. ; 1 S ad. and 2 ? ? from Caparo, iv.
The adult c? c? agree in colour and dimensions with others from Cayenne,
British Guiana, Para, t!umana and the Orinoco region.
• Aiili xvi. (1899) p. 3.3.
t " Elotototl " of Hernandez, also cited by Linnaevis :is a .-.vnonym o£ his MolacilU eai/aiia, does not
belong to this specicy.
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IT. Dacuis bicolor (Vieill.)-
Sylvia hh-i>hii- Vieillot, 0/». Amir, xcjil. ii. (1807) p. 32. tab. 90 bis. [•' tn>s rarement sous la zone
bore'ale, et plus communemciit eiitre les tropiques."— We substitute Onjenne as the typical
locality].
DacnU phnnhen- auct.*
3 6 ad., Seelet, Ai)ril, :uk1 1 S :ul. frum the Caroni Hwamp, I\Iarcli.
These skins agree with one S from L'umaiul, except in being rather more brightly
coloured above and in having the throat slightly mixed with greyish (instead of
pure buft'). Specimens from Cayenne are partly like those from Trinidad, and partly
like the one from Cumaua, tlius proving that the said differences are of no
significance.
is. Cyclarhis flavipectus flavipectus Scl.
diclorhis jlariperiiis Sclater, /'. Z. S. 1H.')8. p. 44H (•' Trinidad. Veoezuel^i. aud Colombia lltt.").
df. UhMalis AUen, Bull. Amn: ilus. ii. (1880) p. 131 (Trinidad).
C.f. runiicns 0. Bangs, Pi;u\ Biul. Soc. )l'»»/i. xii. (1898) p. 192 (Santa Marta).
A large series from C'ai)aro, March and April ; Laveutille, December and
March ; Chagnaramas, January ; Puinte Ciourde, January ; Valencia, March :
Seelet, April. These skins are practically identical with an extensive series from
the mainland of Venezuela (12 Cumauii, in Orinoco, 4 from N.W. Venezuela:
Bucarito, San Esteban and S. Carlos). ^Vitll two dozen Bogota skins before me,
I can no longer maintain C. /. ca/ific^/s as distinct. Many of the Colombian
specimens have the yellow colour on the underparts unite as pale as a number from
Trinidad, though some are certainly richer coloured and of a more golden yellow
beneath, as claimed by Mr. Bangs. All of the many specimens examined have the
lilumbeous sjiot at the base of the lower mandible very strongly pronounced.
l'». Vireo chivi (Vieill.) subsp. ?
Si/li-iri rhiri Vieillot, Xuut: Dirt. xi. (1817) p. 174 (ex Azara.— Paraguay I.
One <J and 3 ¥ ? from Caparo, March and April ; 1 ? Valencia, March. These
four skins, as well as a good series from Tobago, differ from a large number of
true l'. c/iici t in their larger size, especially longer wings and considerably longer,
heavier bill. The ujiper mandible is always blackish, while in ty[iical T. ckiei it is
much jialer, more brownish horn-colour. Specimens trom (hiinaiul (a large series in
Trlug) approach the Trinidad form in size, but the colour of the bill is exactly like
that of frne e/u'ri. Very likely the birds inhabiting Trinidad and Tobago constitute
a different race — which, however, cannot be called V. c. agiUf, as has been done by
Chiipman and other American writers. Lanim affilis Licht. is based on Bahia
skins which agree in every way with topotypical examjiles from Paraguay. If
separable, the northern form must have a new name.
• As alreatlj pointed out by Berlepscb (Jbix, 1881, p. 212), Sijlcia jjliimbrii I.alb. cannot apply to tl,c
Daciu-s jilnmbea auct., since in this species the upper parts are certainly not "deep lead-colour, nearly
blacli," nor are the lower parts " pale ash-colour."
t Fifty specimens from I'araguay, Rio, Baliia, Ceara, Orinoco, Caura, Soutli Fern. British Guiana and
Western Ecuador.
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-". Pachysylvia aiirantiifrons saturata ikhu. uov.*
Ilylojihiltis i/milarif (nee Sclater 1) Li'otaud, Oi.s. Trinidad, p. 186.
//. amimtiifrons (nee Lawrence !) Chapman, Bull. Amei: Muh. vi. (1H'J4;' p. 21 (Trinidad).
Piii-hy^ijhiu aiimutiifi'iii.i hyjioj-aiithu (nee Pelzeln !) Ridgway, BinU X. and M. America, iii. (11104)
p. 215 (Venezuela, Trinidad).
Eight £?(? and ? ? from Oaparo, April arid May. Tlicy agree with a series of
14 sjieciiuens from the vicinity (if Ciimana, the dift'crences mentioned by Jlr. Kidgway
being ajuiarentiy not constant.
Professor Allen, as well as Count Berlepsch and Mr. Hartert, have conclusively
shown that P. auranfiifrons and P. wutkuuihi are spei-ifieally distinct. 1 have
now before me a series of both from near Cumana.
P. (iiircHtnfroHs is at once distinguishable by Laving the foreliead and lores
light yellow, the ear-coverts and sides of the neck pale rufous isabelline, and the
lower surface clear yellow. In P. f. acaticauda, on the other hand, forehead, lores,
sides of the Iicad and lower j)arts are uniformly liufly brownish. (Jenerally, there is
no trace of yellow on tlie under surface, but some specimens from tiie Orinoco
(Maipures, etc.) have the flanks slightly washed with yellowish, thereby apjiroaching
P. f.Jlaripoi (Lafr.) from Bogot.i.
As pointed out by Mr. Kidgway, the yellow-bellied form, inliabiting N.E.
Venezuela and. Trinidad, differs from tyjiical /'. luifdiiHifiom aKiantii/rons (Lawr.)
in having the cliest distinctly washed with ochraceous or butfy. It is, however,
ipiite distinct from /'. li>/poxantha (Pek.), with which it has been identified by
the same author. The typical specimens in the Vienna Museum are readily
distinguishable liy the following characters. Head above and back are dull sepia
brown, only the rump and upjier tail-coverts being pale green ; the sides of the head
and neck dark brownish (not rufous isabelline) ; no trace of yellow on forehead
or lores ; whole lower surface uniform pale yellow without any ochraceous wash on
the chest, the latter being greyish yellow, sliglitly flammulated with brighter yellow.
In the coloration of the upper parts, and in lacking the yellowish tinge on the
ibrehead and lores, the types of P. hijpoxantha. agree exactly with those of
P. fuscicapillu (Sd. & hialv.) (ex Eastern Ecuador), but the latter differ in having
the lower parts (except the dirty whitish throat) much darker, deep greenish yellow.
I am, however, not certain wjiether this difference will hold good when a larger
series of both races is compared. For the present, the following species and sub-
species ought to be recognised :
1. P. aura lit a fro itx anntHtiifroiis (Lawr.). Panama to Santa Marta.
2. P. ainaiitiifronK saturata Hellm. Nortliern coast of Venezuela, from
San Esteban to Cumana and Trinidad. (The locality " (iuiana" is erroneous, the
so-called Guiana skins being of the well-known "Orinoco" make.)
o. P. hi/jioxaiitlia h'ipoxantka (Pelz.). North Brazil : Kio Icanna and
1!. A'anjie, tributaries of the njijier Rio Negro.
4. P. h;! poxaiithu J'ii»i:irapilla (Scl. it Salv.). East Ecuador : Sarayac;u.
2 1 . Tachycineta t albiventer (Bodd.).
Hiriimlo nlljirenler Boddaort, Tuhl. PI. eiil. (178a) ]). 31' [luiscd on Daubenton. /'/. rid.lah.bi6.
fig. 2. — Cat/i'iiw],
One ? ad. from Seelet, April. •• Iris brnwn." Identical witli examjiles from
British (iuiana and Cayenne, only the bill being rather larger.
* TjiK ; .Muj. Tring, No. il7*S, Caracciolo coll. '■ 5 " a4., San Antonio, Cuniami, .Marcli Isth, 18it8.
t There is not the slightest ground for separating this species gcnerically as IridljinnHe.
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2'2. Progne chalybea chalybea (Gm.)
Jliruiiilri I'htilyhea Gmelin, Sysl. Nttt. 1. ii. (178S) p. 102i! [ha,sed on Brisson & Daubenton, PI. enl.
545. fig. 2. — Cayenne].
One ? ad. from Seelet, Ajiril. " Iris brown.'' Not different in any way from
Brit. Guiana and Pari'i examples. An adnlt male has been collected by Mr. Andre,
near Castare, Tobago, May lu, 19U3. It also agrees with mainland specimens.
23. Stelgidopteryx ruficollis aequalis Bangs.
IHiriiiidn rtificollis Vieillot, Nam: Did. xiv. (1817) p. 523 (ex Azara No. 30(j. — Paraguay)].
Stelqiddpteryx rufirnllis ueqiiaVm Ontram Bangs, Pioc. Ni')o Engl. Zaol. CI. ii. (1901) p. 58 [type
from Santa Marta].
1 rj ad. Laventille, May ; 1 ? Chaguaramas, Jannary : 1 <? ( 'aroni, April ;
and 1 S from Cangrejal, May.
These specimens have the rump ashy whitish, in marked contrast to the dark
brown back, agreeing in that respect with a good series from Cnmana, Garthagena,
British Guiana, Merida, and the Orinoco and ('aura Rivers. Tin's form, which has
been well described by l\Ir. Bangs, differs from S. r. aropyf/ialiii (Lawr.) in its
decidedly paler rufous throat anil paler brownish grey chest and sides. S. r. nijicollis
(Vieill.) is easily recognisable from both by having the whole upper surface
UMJfornily dark brown without any trace of the ashy whitish rnnip band.
I have but a few words about the geograiihical distribution to add to Mr. Bangs'
excellent account.
1. .S'. n/ficoliis 1-nfcolh's (Vieill.).
Distribntion.— Paraguay ; Brazil : Uio, S. Paulo, Minas Geraes, Bahia,
Mattogrosso, Gnyaba, Gaicara (Natterer coll.), west to the eastern
slopes of the Andes in Peru and Ecuador ; and east to Para on the
month of the Amazons.
Obs. I have before me 2 adult SS from Nauta (N.E. Pern) and 2 cJc?
and 1 ? from Archidona, East Ecuador, which agree perfectly
with specimens from Eastern Brazil, and show no approach to the
pale-rumped form found on the western side of the Ecuadorian Andes.
Three examples from Parii are also qnite identical.
2. S. ruficollis uropjujiuUs (Ijawr.).
Distribution. — Gosta Bica ; Ghiriqui, Panama ; and soutli wards thrnugh
Western Golombia (Remedios, etc.) to AVestern Ecuador.
Obs. A good series from West Ecuador and 1 i jr. from Remedios,
Antio(|uia, agree with others from Gosta Rica, etc., and avi' mui'lt
darker everywhere than .S'. /■. iicipud'n.
3. S. nificollis ueqnalis 0. Bangs.
Distribution. — North coast of (lolombia (Garthagona, Santa JIarta) :
Bogota coll. ; Venezuela : Jlerida, Cumand, Orinnco and ( 'aura Rivers ;
British Guiana (Roniima); Trinidad.
24. Euphonia trinitatis Strickl.
Eiijilmiki Iriiiilati.-! Strickland, Omlrih. Ornith. \Ki\. p. 72 ["Trinidad, Cuminu, Venezuela, St.
Thomas." — We accept Trinidad as typical locality].
1 S ad., ( 'hagnaramas, .January ; 1 ? , Pointe Gourde, January. They ayree in
every resjiect with a series from Gumana and the Orinoco River.
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'i->. Euphonia violacea lichtensteinii*(C'ali.)
IFiiiKjillii tv'.i/mr/' Linnaeus, Si/xi. Xal. x. (1768) p. IS2 ('in calidis regionil)Us").]
Phniiaxi-ti lii-hleimtcinii Cabanis, Joiiin. Oniilh. 18G0. p. 331 [Cayenne].
One hniidrfd siipcimons of liotli sexes from fiiparo, Mareli : 1 r? ad., Poiiite
Gourde, January : 'i S ad., Valencia, March ; and one pair from Chagnaramas,
■Tannary. This series agrees perfectly with mainland specimens.
The name E. v. riolacra (Linn.) i.s to be retained for the Brazilian form, since
Gabanis, when first distingnishiug the two races, separated the northern snbspecics.
In the tenth edition, I^innaens gave no locality, and Cabanis was, thus, justified in
restricting the original name. In the Cat. Birds, xi., the names are jnst reversed.
~0. Calospiza desmaresti (Gray).*
Cdlliilf Desmiiirxt; (}. R. Gray, Gnt. BiriU ii. (June 1844), genus Calliste, Xo. (! [based on
"Tanagra gyrola" Swainson, XAiiil Ilhist. n. ser. tab. 28.— No locality. We substitute
Tiinklad. ]
Twenty-one adults and young from Cajiaro, March and April ; '-' S ad. from
< 'haguararaas, January. They agree with a large series from the vicinity of < 'umand,
and Estanijues near Mcrida, Venezuela.
2T. Calospiza mexicana vieilloti (Scl.)
[Tifutu/rd nie.c/rinni Linnaeus, Sij^t. Xul. .\ii. i. (ITtjii) j). ^Jlfi [ex Brisson ; Cayana. — (excl. .Syn.
Hernandez — Mexico).]
CalHsIt fielllnti Sclater, P. Z. H. 185f>. p. =>:,', [Trinid.ad].
Fifty specimens of both sexes i Caparo, March and k\m\ : Laventilli>, March :
Valencia, March.
All have the belly bright yellow, dift'eriug thereby very markedly from the pale-
bellied ('. m. media, Berl. & Hart.f which inhabits the Orinoco region. A series
from Guanoco, Orinoco-delta, belongs also to the latter race, but one specimen
approaches C. m. eieilloti in the colour of the under parts.
No Calospiza of this section has as yet been found on the north coast of
Venezuela, and ('. m. eieilloti appears to be confine<l to the island of Trinidad.
:i8. Calospiza guttata (Cab.)
Cullhpiza yulliita Cabanis, Man. Ilein. i. (1850) p. 20 ["Roraima, Guiana.'']
One ¥ ad. from t'hagnanas, July oth, agreeing with a large series from
('nmana.
■J'.). Tanagra episcopus sclateri Hcvl.
[TaiKii/ra episciijnix Linnaeus, Sijsl. Nat. xii. i, (ITOl'i) p. 310 : ex " LKvesque." — Rrisson.]
Tmnifim sclateri Beilepscli, Ibix, 1880, p. 11'2 (" Orinoco District oder Trinidad ").
A series of 'i\ specimens from Caparo, March and April : Valencia, Jlarcli ;
Chagnaramas, January; Fointe Gourde, January ; and Seelet, April.
ISjjecimens from (Juanoco (Orinoco-delta) and Cindad Bolivar on the lower
Orinoco agree in every way with those from Trinidad, while the birds i'rom Cumand
* Altliougli Swainson's description and synonymy e\idently refer to C. gijrola (l.imi.), tlie plate
seems without doubt to be intended fur tlie above si>ccics, since there is no trace of tlie gt-ilden yellow
huraoml \K\Xrh to be seen I So we may retain tin- iianie i\ tlcitimin:i1i for it.
t yov. Zmil. ix. 1902, p. la.
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and from the npiier Orinoco (Altagrania, Maipures, etc.) form the transition between
sclateri and canu. Some skins from Cnmanu, however, are scarcely different from
the Trinidad series.
7". e. berlfpsrlii Dalmas,* from Tobago, agrees with T. e. cana in the bright
bbie colonr of the shoulder ])atcli, but differs in the more bluish, less greenish,
median and greater upper wiug-coverts, and iu having a decided violet or bluisli
wash on the under parts.
30. Tanagra palmarum melanoptera Scl.
[Taiiaf/m iialmariiiH Wied, Heise Brusil. ii. (1821) p. 76 (Canavieras, Bahia).]
Tanagra melaiinptera Sclater (ex Hartlaub MS.), P. Z. S. 1856. p. 235 (East Peru, etc.).
A large series from Caparo, March and April ; 1 S ad. from Ijaventille,
December; 2 i S , Chagnararaas, Januar}- ; 2 ??, Poiute Gourde, January;
3 ? , Valencia, March \ \ S , Seelct, April.
None of these specimens have any trace of olive edgings to the wing- and fiiil-
feathers, thus agreeing with topotypical melanoptera from East Peru. The latter,
however, show a decided violet suffusion ou the back and breast, almost or altogether
wanting in the Trinidad birds.
31. Tanagra cyanocephala subcinerea Scl.
\_Aglaia ciitinocephda Ijafresuaye & D'Orbigny, Siju. Ai\ i. in Maq. Znol. 18.37. cl. ii, p. 32 (Yiingas,
Bolivia).]
Tanagra subcinerea Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861. p. 129 (Venezuela).
One S ad. from Aripo, 2000 ft.. May 13, 1903. It agrees with a good series
from Cumana except in having the under parts a shade darker grey.
T. c. subcinerea is a strongly marked subspecies and easily recognisable by
its pale dingy grey under-surface, passing into dull whitish grey on the middle
of the abdomen. Throat and foreneck are slightly speckled with paler greyish.
This form is strictly confined to Trinidad and the mountains near Cumana, N.E.
Venezuela.
T. c. auricrissa Scl. has the under parts much darker : schistaceons with a
faint bluish tinge ; throat and foreneck are uniform dark schistaceons, crissnm and
thighs much brighter yellow. It occurs in Colombia (Antioquia and Bogota-coll.)
and in the Andes of Venezuela near Merida.
T. c. cijanocepliala (Lafr. & D'Orb.) differs from the foregoing form in its
paler grey under-surface (but not nearly as pale as in T. c. suda/ierea), much
lighter, lemon-yellow crissnm and thighs, as well as by its much more gieenish
back. It is found in Northern Bolivia, Pern, and West Ecuador.
32. Ramphocelus jacapa magnirostris Lafr.
[TatMgr/i jacapa Linnaeus, .S'l/s/ Nut. xii, i. 1766) p. 313 (Surinam— ex Edwards ; et Cayenne— ex
Brisson).]
liampliiicchis magnirostris Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1853. p. 243 (Trinidad).
RanqihiiceJus alroserireus capifalis Allen, Bull. Aiucr. Mas. iv. (1892) p. 51 (El Pilar, near Cumana),
More than sixty specimens, adults and young, from Caparo, Valencia,
Chagnaramas, Seelet, and Laveutille. Examples from Cumana and from Gnanoco
in the Orinoco-delta are practically identical with those from Trinidad ; hence
B. a. ciijjitdlis becomes a synonym of nun/nirostris.
§
* Mini. Sue. Xoiil. Fruiicf xiii, (1900), p. l.ii;.
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1 can recoguise the following races of the It. jacapa gronji :
(a) R.jacapajacapa (Linn.)
Distribution : ('iii/i'inic, Sini/iam, Bn'f. Guiarta : Lower Amazonki : Para (Steere
III)!, ill -Mils. Tring), JIanaos (Natterer); Vpjicr Amazonia : "^waia, Pebas, Ljuitos
ill N.E. Pern; (Jnayaliamba, North Peru (Baron coll.); F.aisteni Kcaador : Najio
(Gloodfellow coll. — Mus. Tring); Vcni'zaela : on the middle and ujtper Orinoco and
its tributary, the Canra River.
{U) L'. Jacajj'i )t/(iffmrosfri,s Lafr.
Distribution : Tiinidod ; and N.E. Venezuela: Cnmana (( 'aracciolo coll.),
and Gnanoco in the Orinoco-delta (Andre coll. — Mus. Tring).
This form differs from the typical one by its larger size (wing 80 — 85, instead
of 74 — 8U mm.) and larger, stronger bill.
(<■) li. jacajKi renezueleii.-ti.s Lafr.
Tliinijiliocehi.i: renezuelensi.'i Lafresiiaye, Ucc. Zool. lS.""v5. ]). ^43 (Venezuela).
Distribution : North coast of Venezuela, near San Estebau.
It differs from the two foregoing races in having the wliole ventral surface
nearly uniform dark crimson ; only a small patch on the lower abdomen being
blackish. In R.j.jucnpu and R. j. mayiiirostris only the throat and the chest are
bright crimson, while the breast is decidedly duller and the blackish jiatcli in the
middle of the belly more extended. The back is also more washed witli crimson
in /?./". cenezxelertsis than in its allies.
I have a good series of this furni from S. Estebaii, near Puerto Cabello
(A. Mocquerys coll.), which answers well the original desc^riptimi.
(r/) li. jacn/i'i nnicolor Scl.
RiimpliocelKs unicolor Sclater, P. Z. S. 1850. p. 128 (Bogota).
Distribution: Colomhiu : Bogota aoW. ; Mcridu, Venezuela.
Perhaps barely separable from R. j. cenezneleHsis. Seven e.xamjiles before
me differ only by the dorsal surface being almost uniform crimson, while in the
jirecedent subspecies the back is always rather duller than the pileuni.
((■) It. jacajKi coii/iecteii-i Bcrl. it Stolzm.
Rliiimiilioceliiii jacapn connectens Berlepsch it Stolzmami, I'.Z.H. Ln'.m;. p. ;')44
(( 'eiitral Pern).
Distrilintioii.— rVv(//Y</ and Soitth Peru, extending eastwards through the
inferior of Brazil (Mattogrosso, Goiaz) to Baliia and southwards to the Rio I'uraini,
wliich forms the nurthern frontier of the state S. Paulo.
This form ditfcrs from y?./'. />/«//;« and R. j. magrdro.'ftri.^ in having only the
throat and chest crimson, the breast and abdomen being dull blackish, with but
a faint crimson hue. The whole back, too, is uiiil'orm velvety blackisli.
Jl. atro.v'riri'iis (Lafr. it D'Orli.) from Eastern Bolivia is still ]iurer black
above and beneath, and the female is so very dilferent from that of the subsijccies
of R. jacapa that it may be regarded as sjiecilically distinct.
33. Piranga rubra rubra (Linn.).
Frin(jiUu nihrii Linnaeus, Si/xt. Xiil. ed. x. (176S) p. 181 (ex Catesby. Xul. HIkI. Cnnijinii i. p. 50
tab. 66. — CaroliiM, A'irginia).
Taiiagra aentiva Gmelin, Sygt. Naf. 1. ii. (1788) p. 88'.i (based on the samp).
Fjirantjd uestica Sclater, Cm. 13. lirit. .\liis. xi. (1880), p. 182.
t)ue ¥ ad. from Laveiitille, taken November 6, 11(03.
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34. Phoenicothraiipis rubra (Vicill.).
Tiirhiii,h,n,m nihrr Vieillot, Nonr. Dirt, xxxii. (181'.i) p. 3r,0 (" ile de la Triniti' ").
:i c? !i(l. irom Caparo, iv. ; 2 <S ail. from Laventille, xii. ami iii. ; 1 S aJ.
and one liinl in female dress (marked " tj jr"), Chagiiaramas, i. ; 1 J ad., 1 J juv.,
1 ? ad. from Valencia, iii. ; 1 tS and 1 ? ad. from Aripo, 20n0 ft., v.
The males agree in every respect with three others from the neighbonrhood of
(Uiraana. The range of this species is restricted to the extreme north-east of
Yene/.nela, north of the Orinoco delta and the inland ol Trinidad. As far as I
I; now it has not }'et been recorded from Caracas.
35. Tachyphonus luctuosus Lafr. A: D'Orb.
Tiiclii//>!ioiiii.i JiirlKiisiix Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, Sijn. Av. i. in Mn;/. ZnnJ. 18.17. cl. ii. p. 29
(Guarayos, Bolivia).
r. alliixpcciilarh Le'otaud, Ols. Triukhd 186G, p. .30(1 (Trinidad).
T. nlricajiillim Lawrence, Prnr. Anal. Philad. 1868. p. ?)6() (Trinidad) [= J jnv.] und,"- :
Lanio (.') lawrmni Sclater, Ihls 18H5. p. 27-', tab. C. fig. 2.
CMnrnspiiir/iis Untaudi Chapman, Aid- x. (1893) p. :i43 (Trinidad) [= ?] ; idL-m, Bull, Amer. Mint.
vi. (1894) p. 31 (Trinidad).
Two (J ad. from Valencia, March, agreeing with Bolivian skins, but rather more
gloss}' on the lower suri'ace. The female of this species lias been described as
CIdorospingus IcoUuuli. Chapman's careful description leaves no doubt, and
the differences from Cklorospiiigiis chryHogaster Tacz., pointed out b}* him, are quite
obvious when an actual comparison of both species is made.
Although I have not seen the type of Lanio lawrencci I do not hesitate to
pronounce it to be nothing else Imt a young male of the same species, changing
from the juvenile to the adult plumage I The blackish head and the intermixed
lilack feathers on the interscapnlium clearly indicate that the specimen wonld have
become black in more advanced plumage. A skin from Bogota agrees perfectly
with the description and figure in the Ibia. It is very unfortunate that the three
stages of plumage of this bird not only should have been described as three distinct
species, but also placed in three different genera !
3(i. Tachyphonus rufus (Bodd.).
Tii/mi/fii rtifii Bndd.aert, Tiihl. PI. rn>. (1783) p. 44 ( ? . — Cayenne : ex Buffon).
TtirliifphoiiHn mrial' tiriirt (Sparrm.) auct.
Many specimens from ('aparo, iv., v. ; 1 J ad. from Pointe Gourde, i. ; one pair
from Valencia, iii. ; 1 d ad. from Seelet, iv. ; one pair from Chaguararaas, i. ; and
4 <S6 from LaventiUe, xii, iii.
These liirds, as well as a series from Tobago, do not differ from others from
Cumana, Cayenne, and the Orinoco delta.
3T. Saltator striatipictiis Lafr.
Sallalor str'mtipirliis Lafresn.aye, Rrr. Zwil. 1847. p. 7.3 (Caly, W. Colombia).
<S'. albiioll'is auct. nee Vieillot ! *
One S ad. from ( 'aparo, March ; one from Chaguaramas, January ; and another
from Pointe (iourde, January.
They agree well witli .some siiecimens from near Cali, W. < 'olomliia (Hiia]] coll.).
* Cf. my paper on litllc-kuown types o£ neotropical birds wliidi will be published shortly.
2
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The <liisky streaks on the lower parts are jjerliaps ratlier liroader, but this dues not
seem to he a constant character, for in a series from ("uraaiia botli broadly and
n;irrii\vly striped examples an' to be lound.
3S. Saltator olivasceus < 'nb.
S. ullrasceim Cabanis: in Scliomburgk, ii-'iae Biit. Gulmm iii. (1848) p. (570 (Brit. Guiana).
Seven adults of both sexes from ("aparo, April ; 1 c? ad. Valencia, March ; and
one i)air from Seelet, April.
The series agree jierfectly with others from Siirinrim and Cumana.
A young bird, collected near Caparo, April 12, is above olive-green (instead
of dark ashy grey), the snpraloral and superciliary stripes are pale sulphur-yellow,
the blackish malar stripe barely indicated, and the lnwcr jiarts stronsriy tinged
with yellowish.
39. Volatinia jacarina splendens (Vieill.).
[Tiimii/ni Jnrtiriim Linnaeus, Si//:!. Niil. xii. i. (1700) p. 314 (ex Marcgrave.— East Brazil).]
FringiUa xphndens Vieillot, Num. Diet. xii. (1817) p. 173 (Cayenne), i
0 S ad., S i imm. and 4 ? ? from Caparo, April.
The males have the axillaries and under wing-coverts entirely bhuk, and
there is but a small white spot on the shoulilers. Tobago specimens are identical.
4ii. Sporophila grisea (Gm.).
Liirla f/rhni fimelin, S;/.^l. Xul. 1. ii. (1788) p. 8.^7 (based on Daubenton, PI. enl. 393. fig. 1.
"Virginie" — errore ! AVe substitute Cnyenur as typical locality).
•i iS, ~ ? ? from Caparo, March ; 1 c? Chaguaramas, January : 1 cJ, Pointe
Gourde, January; 2 S S, Seelet, April ; and 2 63, Valencia, March.
The series is not very uniform, some specimens having a large white patch
on the sides of the neck, entirely wanting in others.
41. Sporophila gutturalis gutturalis (Licht.).
FriiHiiUri f/iiHiirnlia Lichtenstein, I>)-;. Didil. 18l'.3. p. i>l> (S. Paulo).
(Jne J ad., Caparo, Ajiril ; .and another from Aripo, Isno ft., May. Not different
from typical Brazilian specimens.
42. Sporophila miuuta luinuta (Linn.).
Lnrlii miiiiihi Tiinnarus. .S;/s/. Xnl. x. (17.')8) p. Hi'i (Siirinani).
2 6 ;i(l. and 2 V ? from Caparo, JIarcli, April ami ;\riiy ; 1 S from Seelet,
A]iril.
The (^(Jagri'c with speeinieiis IVom ( 'nmana and I'ritisli (Jniana. Two SS
from Surinam are rather darker below, but an example from Antionuia, Cdloinbia, is
rjuite as dark.
43. Euetheia fiiliginosa (W'ied).
FnmiiUiifiiliiimnna Wied, Ihllr. Xatunj. BiaxU, ?,. i. (1830) p. 028 [Camaniu in lialiia].
I'kiiiiiiiiirafiimnm Lawrence, Ann. Li/c. Ken- V.irl: x. (1874) p. 3110 [Trinidad].
4 cJ(? and 2 ? ? from Caparo, Ajjril ; and 1 ? from Valencia, March.
These specimens (topcjtypes of P. /iii/io.m) are practically identical with two
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Bahia skins (E. fuliyinosn). A series from (Jniuaua is also not ilifferent. This
species is not included in Chapman's paper on the birds of Trinidad, thongli the
type oi P. f/imvsn has lieeu collceted on that island.
44. Oryzobonis augolensis (Linn.).
Loxia migiilensU Linnaeus, Si/nt. Xnl. xii. i. (ITOfi) p. .'30:1 (ex Edwards ; " Aiignl.i " — prrnve !
We substitute Eaut Brazil as typical locality).
L. Iiirridu Scopoli, Ami. Nat. Wxt, i. (1769) p. 140.
2 <i<S and 3 ? ? from ( "ai)aro, March and April; S S <S from Scelet, April ;
and 1 S each from Laventille, December, and Chagnaramas, Jannary. This series
agrees e.xactly with specimens from Surinam, British Guiana, and Cnmami. I have
3") adnlt males from different localities before me, and none of them shows any
trace of a chestnut cross-band on the throat. Therefore it seems very probable
that 0. speciihiris Finsch,* if not au accidental variety, may yet turn out to lie a
different race.
45. Oryzoborus crassirostris (Gm.).
Loxia crussirnslris Gmelin, Si/xt. A'tit. I. ii. (I7SM) p. Hi'd [ex Latham : PTab. ign.— We substitute
Cai/fime.']
Two (?c? ad. from Seelet, March.
They agree with specimens from the Orinoco (Qniribana de C'aicara) and Upper
Rio Negro (Lamalonga and Marabitanas) in having rather large and strong bills.
The birds found in British (iniana have mostly smaller bills, but this is not quite
constant.
40. Ostinops decumanus (Pall.)
XaulliurmiK ihcumunns Pallas, Spicil. fasc. vi. (1769) p. 1 (Surinam).
Oatinops deatmanus insuhii-is Dalmas, Mini. Snc. Zool. France xiii. (1900) p. I.'i7 (Tobago).
Two c? and S ¥ ? from Caparo, April, and Seelet, April.
Count Dalmas separated the Tobago birds as a subspecies on account of their
smaller size and paler castaneous rump, but there must be some mistake here.
On comparing 4 cJcJ and 3 ? ? from Tobago with a very large series from
different localities on the mainland, I cannot find the slightest difference, either in
size or in colour. The females are always considerably smaller than the males,
the crest is much shorter, and the rump usually paler castaneous. These arc just tlie
characters by which 0. d . hi.'^iildiiti is said to differ from the typical form, and I
strongly suspect that ( 'ount Dalmas was misled by wrongly sexed specimens.
Measurements :
2 sexed
c? ad.
, from Trinidad
. .
Wing,
217, 235 mm.
4 „
>)
Tobago
t»
105,221,231,231 mm
1 »
i
Orinoco
.
?)
238 mm.
1 »
))
Valencia,
near Cariicas
»>
229 „
1 »
»1
Miuas, Bi
•azil .
n
230 „
8 „
¥?
Trinidad
.
"?
IGu — -173 mm.
3 „
1)
Tobago
»)
Ifi2— 108 „
1 „
¥
Surinam
• •
J?
109 mm.
• /'. /.. .i. 1870, p. 5S3.
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47. Cacicus cela (Jjiun.).
PuniA Cela Linnaeus. Si/sl. Xnl. .\. (IT58) p. 191 ("in Indiis" — errore ! We substitnte SiiriiMin).
Tfiiui/im albimxlri.'! Linnaeus, .1A««. Ad. Friil. ii. Prodi: (ITG4) p. 31 (" America").
Oiioht.t pemh-us Linnaeus, S'//»7. .Y"^ xii. 1 (ITiii'i) p. Kil ('■ in .\ineiiea mcriiliona'i ").
Citaxit'tis pet'AicKn auct.
Five adnlts I'rom ('a])aro, Ainil and Jlay ; imf iiair t'runi Seclot, Apiil. Tlit\v
agree perfectly with spcrimons from Surinam ami ( 'iimana.
N.B. — Tlio above is tlie proper name for tlie species commonly called C. pcrsiciis,
as has been brony:lit to my attention by Count Berlepsi-h. Linne's diagnosis of
Parus cela reads as follows : " P. niger, rostro albo, macula alarnm basiqne caiidae
flavis, Mus. Arl. Fi: 2. p. . . . Habitat in Indiis." Turning to the " Museum Ad.
Frid.", we find but one species, T<i/iai/iri nlhiroxtris, to which this description can
a]iply. The diagnosis given ibr that bird is the same, word for word, but a more
detailed account is added that renders the ideutilication absolutely certain : (!f.
" corpu.s sturno fere mains, nigrum, basi pennarum in tergo albo."
48. Xanthornus xanthornus xanthornus (lira.).
Orinhiii raiilhorniia Gmelin, Sijst. A'nt. 1. i. (17>I8) p. 3;il [(excl. Edwards and habitat : Jamaica) ex
Bris.son & Buffon, '■ Mexico " — errore ! We fix OniPiine ex Buffon as the typical locality.]
A good series from Chaguaramas, January ; Seelet, April ; C'ai>aro, March and
April ; Pointe Gourde, January; Laventille, March.
These examples have generally longer and stronger bills than others from
( 'umana and the Orinoco valley, and the wings average 2 to 3 ram. longer. One
specimen from Margarita Island is somewhat intermediate. X. x. curaqoensis
(Ridgw.) has the bill still longer and more slender.
Immature birds are much less brightly coloured tlininghonf, more greenish
yellow aljove and less orange below.
4'.t. Molothrus atronitens < 'al
Muhithms iitriimti II'! Cali.inis : in Schomburgk, Heism Brit. O'liiaiia iii. (184H) p. G8'2 [coast of
British Guiana].
^f. minimiiK Dalmas, Mcni. Hoc. Zvul. Fniiirr xiii. (litUO) p. 1.S8 (Tobago).
3 cJcJ from ("ai)aro. April ; 1 c? ad., C'aroni K., April; A 66 and 3 ¥ 9 from
Seelet, April.
Tiiese sjjecimens agree in coloration and size with a series from Tobago
{M. >ni)iimn.s Dalm.) and with the type of J/, iit/onitens Cab. in the Berlin Museum.
I suspect that Ualmas, when describing his M. mini/mis, compared it with
M. renezuelethvs Stone, which he might have mistaken for M. atronitens.
M. renezuelethv.'i is indeed mucli larger than the latter species, as will be seeu from
the following measurements.
M. atronitens Cab.
(J ad., British Guiana (Schomburgk coll.)
Type of the species. Mus. Berlin . Win^
8 sexed 6 6 from Trinidad ......
9 „ „ „ Tobago {M. minimus Dalm.)
1 .. c^ ad. from Para (Xatterer coll.) . ,,
1 ,, „ from K. Cauanie, Hio Branco
(Natterer coll.) „ lUU ; „ 77
07 ;
tail,
71 mm.
9o— Kil;
'T
71 — 78 mm,
'.Hi — mu;
72-77 „
78 „
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M. cenezuelemis Stone.*
4 sexed c?(?, Puerto Cabellii, Venezuela . . Wing 114— llf,; tail 86— 0(1 mm.
1 ,, i ad. Lagunillas . . . . ,,114 ; „ 89 „
6 „ c? c? from Merida „ 111)— 118; „ 84—01 „
4 ,, S ad. from Qniriljauu de Caicara,
Orinoco ,, \\--i — 110 ; „ 88— ',_)4 „
50. Agelaius icterocephalus (Linn.)
Oriijluf irlirorrjihalH.'i Liimauus, Si/sl. Xat. xii. 1 (17GG) p. 163 [•■ Cayaiia," ux lirissou A
Edwards].
A good series of ailnlts and yonng birds from Seelet, April, and ('anini, I\[aveli
and April, not different from (Jayeune specimens.
51. Leistes militaris (Linn.)
Emheriza lu/likiris Linnaeus, S;/»l. yul. x. (1758) p. 178 (ex "America" — "Asia," orr. ! — We
suljstitute Surhiam).
Oriolus (juiaiifitxh-\- Taiiiiijra militaris Linnaeus, .S'</.s7. Nut. ed. xii. i. (lyCiCi) pp. 162, M16.
Leistes f/iiitiiieiisis Sclater, Oil. B. Bril. Miis. x\. p. 348.
2 SS and 2 ? ¥ from (!aroni, iv. ; and 1 cf from El Socorro, iv. These
specimens agree perfectly with others from Surinam, British Gniana, and the
Orinoco Uiver.
52. Quiscalus lugubris Sw.
Qiiiscalns hii/iiliris Swaiusou, Aiiim. in Mvmuj. (18.S8) p. 299 ("Brazil," err. ! — We substitute Bi-it.
Guiana).
One c? ad. from (.'aroni, 25 iv. 1003, agreeing with specimens from t'umana, and
the Orinoco region. One adult from Lagunillas near Merida, W. Venezuela, is
apparently also not different.
53. Cassidix oryzivora (Gm.)
Orhilus arji-Jeorus Gmelin, Sust. Xat. 1. i. (1788) p. 386 (Cayenne.— ox Jjatbain I
1 S ad. from Seelet, iv.
54. Arundinicola leucocephala (Linn.).
Pipra kncori-jihala Liuuaeus, .l/«s. .Id. Fiid. ii, Prodr. (1764) p. 33 {Sariiiam : cfr. Si/xi. Xat. xii 1.
p. 340).
One <S from Caroni, iv., agreeing in colour and size with a series from Brit. Guiana
and the Orinoco Uiver.
55. Fluvicola pica (Bodd.)
.Miiniiaiiupira Boddaert. Tal,i. PI. ml. (1783) p. 42 (ex Daubeiiton. tab. 675 f. i.— Cayeime).
6 c?c? from Seelet, iv., 1 S ad. (sexed ? 1) and 1 S jr. from Garoni Swamp, ii.
Tliey are in no way dift'erent from a very large series from the Orinoco, Brit-
Guiana, ('uman;i, Maracailid and I'ogota coll.
* Auk 1S',I1.-|,. 3j7 (Venezuela— Goeiing- e,.)I.)
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oO. Platyrhynchus mystaceus insularis Allen.
Plai>jrh<j,irhii> i,is„l,n-i.'< Allen. BnII. Amrr. M,,^. ii. (iss'.i) p. 143 [Tobago].
1 c? from Laveiitillc, j\[arili, aud 1 ? from Caiiaro, April.
They agree with three adults from Tobago (toj)otypical F. i/tsular/s) in every
respect. Specimens from Cumaiia and Tocuyo in Nflrthern Veueznela belong also
til tliis form, whieh dillers from tlie typical race of Paraguay and S.E. Brazil in its
dull greenish (instead of warm oil-brown) upjier ]iarts, less brownish crown and
much paler nnder-snrface, the chest being but slightly washed with brownish. Tlie
birds from the upper Orinoco (Caieara) and the Horainia Jits., Brit. Guiana, are
somewhat intermediate between the tyjiieal and the northern race, Ijut nearer the
former ; yet they differ in having the back slightly paler brown and the under jiarls
not (juite so dark. Very likely they rei)resent another distinguishable form, but 1
would like to see more specimens before describing it. The difference in size upon
which Jlr. i\llen laid much stress is not constant.
ST. Orchilus* ecaudatiis (Lair. A M'Orb.).
Tnfliriislniin rciiudnlii in Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, S////. Ai\ i. in Mwj. Zi«iL IS.TT. d. ii. p. 47
(Yuracares, E. Bolivia. — type in Mus. Paris examined).
One pair from Savannah Grande, February 7, 1897, collected by l>r. I'erey
Kendall (Nos. 35, 36)— " Iris dark brown (?), yellowish brown (S), feet steel-
colour, bill greyish horn-colonr, tipped with dirty white."
The specimens from Trinidad are in no way different from others, collected
by Natterer on the Rio Madeira. The species is for the first time recorded from
Trinidad. The most northerly locality hitherto known was San Esteban, in
N.AV. Venezuela, where Prof. Goeriug collected a specimen. (Jherrie sent an
e-xamjile from Muaduapo, ]J. Orinoco, and Klages another from Snajiure on the
('aura U., to the Tring Museum.
08. Mionectes oleagineus pallidiventris nov. subsp.
[Jlii.fiycajin oleai/hira Lichten.st(:in, ]'ii::. Diilil. (18:i3) \>. .')."i (Baliia).]
A good series from Caparo (April) and Valencia (March).
These specimens, as well as a good many from Cnmani'i, and mw. male from
Castare, Tobago, differ from 3i) skins from more southern localities in the decidedly
])aler orange colonr of the belly, much less greyish green suffusion of the throat,
and duller olive green ujiper i)arts. The differences are so obvious when a series is
compared that 1 propose to sejiarate the northern race as
Mionectes oleagineus pallidiventris Ilellm.
Type in Mus. Tring : i ad. IliKcnii o'i San Aiitnnio, Ciiinniiii, March 14, lMt8.
Caracciolo coll.. No. 850.
M. 0. ax.si'milif Scl. and ^f. 0. parcHg Bani;s, from ( 'entral America, are at once
known by their much paler and duller colonr of the abdomen, considerably darker
greyish green throat, and darker green upper parts.
* Pn-hxiifrhruA Ohovliolser [Pror. L\ S. Xa/, .}fi/s. xxv, li)02. p. I>1 (Type : Todirosh'inn trftudatiint
I.afr. & IVOib.)]. This f,'enus is not, .separable from Orchilus, sinre 0. alUvrntrh lierl. & Stolzn). connects
O. aiiririiluri.i witli I lie two sliort-taileil species, 0, ccaudatux and 0. atricajnlliia.
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50. Ornithion pusillum (<'al>. & Ileiue).
Mijinimthpmilla Cabanis & Heine, J/«». Ilrui. ii. (ISoO), p. 5S (Cartagena, N. Colombia).
3 ? ? , 1 ? from Caparo, iv. ; 1 ? , Seelet, iv.
They agree with a ver)' large series from Cnmana, tlu; Urinuco region,
Snrinam, and Bogota coll. Costa Rica birds differ somewhat by their slightly
greener back and generally brigliter yellow nnder-parts, and may stand as a
subspecies, U. p. suhjlamnn Cherrie.
<iO. Elainea gaimardii CD'Orb.).
iliisckaiiara GiilmunU't D'Orbigny, l'".'/",7'' (P"W- between 1838 and 1817), Ok. p Mf> [Yuraeares,
North-east Bolivia].
Fonrteeu specimens of both sexes from Ciij)ar(>, March and Ajiril.
They are mostly paler yellow liclow thaQ a large series from the Orinoco and
Canra R., Guiana, (Jiimana, and Bogota coll. ; but some are hardly different in
that respect.
01. Elainea pagana pagana (Lcht.).
Miisinipii j«i;/iimi Lichteustein, Vn-:. Diihl. (1823), p. hi [Bahia].
Three females from .Seelet, Ajiril, and three adnlts of both sexes from C'aparo,
Aiiril. They have usually more white in the crest than typical Brazilian liird-;,
aiH'eeing in that respect with others from Venezuela, Tobago, Guiana, and Bogot,
collections, though this character is not iiuite constant.
a
02. Legattis albicollis (Vieill.).
Tyraimii.H alhlrollls Vieillot, Xmii: Did. xxxv. (1810), p. 80 [ex Azara— Pavagua)].
One female from Caparo, April, and a male from Seelet, April, agreeing with
a series from British Guiana, Snrinam, and Bahia. Typical Paraguay skins were not
available for comparison.
03. Myiozetetes sulphureus (S])ix).
Miisn.aiM siiljihi'irn Spix, Ar. Bias. ii. (1825), p. 1(5, tab. xx. ["in Brasilia"].
BIr. Andre did not send this species, and its occurrence in Triuidail rest.s on (he
single specimen collected by Mr. Chapman at La Brea.
04. Rhjaichocyclus flaviventris flaviventris CWied).
Musriprl,, fririrndns Wied, Bcilr. Xuhny. Brasd. .3 ii. (1831), p. '.)2'.l [Mucuri and AIcnba.;a :
Espiritu Santo, S.E. Brazil].
!d i S and ? ? iVom Cupam, Aiiril, ] 3 fnuu Valencia,. ;\ia.rcli, and 1 ? from
Seelet, April. They are not different from Bahia skins, and one adult from Tocuyo,
Venezuela, is also identical. N(ine of the many specimens before me apiiroaches
Ix'.f. hnrbac Ilcllm. in the colour of the under parts.
05. Rhynchocyclus sulphurescens sulphurescens (Spix).
riatyrhnnrhuH mlphiiresrciiH Spix, Ai\ Bras. ii. (182.5). p. 10, tab. xii. fig. 1 (" S ") 1^'" de Janeiro,
Piauhy, etc. — We accept liin as typical locality].
8tJ(?and ?? from Caparo, March and April. Besides, the Tring Jlnscnm
has one " ? " collected at Tacarigua in February by Dr. Percy liendall.
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Tlie series agrees in every iletiiil with sjieciiuciis i'rom Ciiinaiui mul S. Paiilo in
S. Brazil, the pileiim beinfr olive u;reen like tlie Ijack, and but slif;lit]y mixed with
grey. A nunilier of sl< ins from X.E. Peru (Xeberos and ( 'hamicuros, E. Barth>tt
t'oll.) have the pilenm grey with very little greenish admixture, and the nnder-
snrface distinctly pale yellow. They ought to be called A', s. u/asimilix I'elz.,
although the types of the latter form have a duller, more greyish greeu back.
06. Pitangus sulphuratus trinitatis nov. subs]).
[Lniiiiis sulphumtii.^ Linnaeus, .%s7. A'//, xii. i. (ITliil), p. lo7 (ux Brisson : '' Cai/miia ''].
Pilaiigus nulpliuiiitics (nee Linno) Chapman, litill. Antri: Mux. X. Y. vi. (1894), p. 40 (TriuiJail).
8 c?(? and ?? from Caparo, Marcli and April, 1 S from ( 'haguaramas,
January, and 1 ? from Seelet, Ai>ril.
The birds from Trinidad are exactly intermediate lietween typical /'. .s. sul-
jj/tuiafi'S and P. s. rufpcnnis (Lafr.). The differences of tiie three suljsjiecios may
be expressed as follow.s : —
((/) 1'. .s. m/i'/i'iraOfx (Linn.)
Uj)per wing- and tail-coverts with scarcely any trace of rnf(jus margins ; (piills
narrowly edged with rufous; outer tail-feathers with the extreme base of the inner
weiis only rufous.
Ilab. Surinam, Cayenne, Brit. (Juiana, and Amazouia, from I'ara to N.E. Peru
aud East Ecuador.
(b) P. s. trinitatis Hellm.
Upper wing- and tail-coverts distinctly margined with rufous ; quills more
broadly edged with rufous, these edges being separated from the rufous colour of
the inner webs by a distinct dusky stripe along the shaft; tail-feathers with broad
rufous margins occupying about half the lireadth of the inner web.
Type in Mus. Tring : " ? " ad., Caparo, Trinidad, April Id, E. Andre coll.
Ilf/i. Trinidad.
(c) P. s. rufpennis (Lafr.).
SftitnijiIuKjiis riiji2>eniih Lafresnaye, Rcr. Zunl. 1851, p. 471 (Gankas).
Upper wing- aud tail-coverts almost entirely rufous, only a narrow central
streak loeing dusky ; both webs of the quills (except the tips of the primaries and
a broad shaft-stripe on the apical half of the secondaries) and inner web of theonter
tail-feathers entirely rufous.
Ildlj. Venezuela: from C'umana to S. Esteban, south to the Orinoco \alley
and its tributaries; Colombia: Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cauca valley, aud Bogota
collections.
The above differences are ipiite constant in a series of .i4 adults.
•57. Myiodynastes audax (Gm.).
MHtt:icapaiiuda.rGmfs\\n,Sij^l. Xnl. 1. ii. (1788), p. 034 [ex Uaubenton, PI. en!. 453. fig. 2 : Cayennel -
1 ?, Valencia. Jlanh ; 1 ¥, Puinte (tourde, January; and 1^ adults of botli
sexes from Caparo, March. They agree witli a large series from Tobago, ( 'umana,
Merida, and British Guiana. It is certainly wrong to treat .1/. solitarius (Vieill.)
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as a siilispecies of .^f. fu/f/n.r, siiifu tliey iicc.iii- t,u;;etla'r at vaiimis Incalitics. In the
Tring Museum there are both sjiecies from tlie ]{io HujiurLimi, British Guiana, and
Natterer collected both at Barra do Rio Negro, N. Brazil. M. solitariitH has never
any trace of rufous on the tail ; the black stripes ou the under-surface are also more
extended and broader, especially on the throat, which in M. aiuhix is almost devoid
of dusky markings. The back, too, is blacker, and the rufous edges of the upper
tail-coverts much darker.
68. Megarhynchus pitangua (Linn.).
Liuiina p'llnnijiin Linnaeus, StjM. Nat. xii. i. (1766) p. 13ii (ex Brisson : " Brosil ").
Eleven adults and one young bird from ( 'a])aro, March and April ; 1 c? ad.
Laventille, December; 1 (?, Pointe (iourde, January; 'Z $ i , Chaguaramas
January. They are not different in any way from topotypical Brazilian skins.
6tt. Myiobius fasciatus (P. L. S. Mull.) .
Muxi-irrijin/ufC/atn P. L. 8. JliiUer, ,Y(//«)■^//^7. Suppl. (177(5) p. 172 ["Ca/r«/)( "— e.x Daubentuu, PI.
enl. hii, fig. 3).]
Jfn.tcioajxi iiarria Boddaert, Tab/. PI. ml. ( 1 7x3) p. 34 [based on Daubentoii].
Mlf'n}hiuf< uafcf'fs auct.
1 c? ad. from C'aparo, April, and I ? from Seelet, April, agreeing with
examples from (Himana, Cayenne, and Brazil. In the male the crest is lemon
yellow, in the female ferrnginous.
'". Empidonax lawrencei Allen.
Orhlhnrrii tl,n-im,lris Lawrence, Ami. .%'<■/'■ Ynrk Ar. Sri. iv. (1887) p. (57 (loc. ign.) uiide ;
Empidniiiix htirrfwri Allen, Bull. Aiiui: .!/«.<. .V. 1'. ii. (18811) p. 150: Chapman, Bull. Aiiiry. .Mkx.
vi. (1894) p. 4-2 (Trinidad).
E. olim Sclater, Cal. Birih Biil. .Miis. xiv. (1888) p. 224.
Seven specimens of both sexes from Caparo, April. They agree in every
respect with a series from Camana and the Caura River, Venezuela.
E. luwrenrei is the bird commonly called E. olivri or /:,'. plleata (cfr. Sor. Zool.
ix. 101(2, p. 174) ; but it is almost certain that the " Gobe-raonche olive, de Cayenne "
of Daubenton, upon which both names have lieen based, does not refer to the species
in (piestion, which is not known to occur in Cayenne. It seems, therefore, best to
retain Mr. Allen's name.
Measurements : \Ving 01— Uts ; tail .J.J— 05 mm.
Tl. Blacicus brachytarsus (Sd.) (subsp. ?j
Eiii/iirlniiii.i- bnirlii/tarsiin Selater, Jhix, I85',l. p. 441 [Cordova, South Mexico].
A series of •,'0 specimens {S d and ? ?) from Caparo, April; Pointe (iourde,
January, and Valencia, IMarch ; agreeing with others from Cumanu and Mount
Bucarito, Venezuela.
Two skins from Vera Paz, Guatemala, hnve decidedly darker under ]iarfs. but
are not otherwise different. Perhai)s the South American birds could be sejiarated
subspecitically. EMjiii/ona.r ai)r/i//>t.t Tacz. seems to be the same as ('. >■//■<'/'.•<
(Liim.), so they would re((nire a new name. A larger series, however, should lie
examined.
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T'.'. Myiarchus tubeixulifer ( t-atr. ^, J)'l)rli.).
Tyraiiiiiin litherculifer Lafresnaye & D'Orbigny, %/i. Ae. i. in Mag. Znnl. 1837. cl. ii. p. 43
[Guarayos, East Bolivia].
1 6 and 2 ? ? from Caparo, April : 1 J from Aripo, 2niiii ft., 5Iay.
These examples agree e.xaetly with a large series trom Cnmaiid, Brazil, British
Guiana and Bogota coll. In Hie C'tl. Birds Brit. Mus. most of the specimens of
this species have been jilaced under M. /liffrice/is, while two others arc registered
as a different species : .1/. Irii-olor !' As a matter of fact, however, the former are
absolntel)- identical with those from Baliia and Uio Tocantins. The distribution of
the two species or subspecies is as follows :
(a) Mi/iarchiM tuberculifer (Lafr. & D'Orb.)
Brazil: ]{io, Bahia, Mattogrosso, Para, I'.orba ; /■.'".v/ Bnlirin : (Jnarayos ;
Ujjjier Amozonia : Iquitos, N.E. Peru ; Sarayaen, East Ecuador ; Coloinhia : Bogota
coll.; Venezuela: Merida ; S. Estelian ; Cumana : Orinoco valley (Quiribana de
Caicara, Nericagna) ; Trinidad: Brit, (iniaim : Koraima, etc.
Obs. Having not seen specimens from Santa Marta and Panama, I cannot say
whether they belong to this or to the next form.
(4) Myiarchus nigriccps Scl.
Western Ecuador : Pallatanga, Esmeraldas, Chimbo, Bngnac, Nicbli, etc. ; and
yprfherH Peru: Tambilln, Callucate, Cnlervo, Ilnaiubo, Tamiapampa,
C'ajabamba, Malea, etc.
'■'•>. Myiarchus tyrannulus tyrannulus (P. L. S. Milll ).
.Uusr.iriipa li/nni,iii/i(g P. L. S. Miillor, Xalin:'<i/iil. Siqipl. p. 1«0 (1771',.— Cayenne— c.k U'Aubcnton,
/'/. (•»/. 57I,fig. 1).
Mij'ianhis cfi/llii-na'rciis Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. .S. 18l'iS. pp. 6-28, 631 (CarAoas).
1 tj ad. from ( 'liaguaramas, January : 1 i, Laventille, December ; and 3 ? ?
from Seelet, April.
These specimens, as well as some others from Tobago, are practically identical
with a series from ('nmana and the Orinoco Biver. They evidently represent
typical M. ti/rannulu.^.
.\r. t. ohcri Lawr., from the Lesser Antilles, differs in its larger and longer bill,
decidedly darker njiper parts, and in having the whole inner web of the outer tail-
feathers rnfons. .1/. t. brccijjcnnis Hart., from Curacao, etc., on the other hand, is
much smaller, especially witli a considerably shorter and weaker bill.
T4. Tyrannus melaucholicus satrapa (Cab. ^V, Heine).
[ TyramiuH mrl„i,-h;lkiis Vieilint, .Y""c. Did. .x.x.w. (1819) p. 84 (ex A/.ani : Paraguay).]
Laphjrtex Hnlrnjiii Cabanis & Heine, .!/»«. Ilrinmn. ii. (1850) p. 77 (" Guiana and Caracas ").
Many s[.ecimens from Caparo, Aiiril, agreeing in size and colour with a series
from Tobago, Panama, Costa Bica and British Guiana. The nortliern form differs
from typical T. m. melancliolims only by its somewhat larger size. On the other
hand, T. m. couchi Baird is a strongly marked race, easily known from those of
South America by its largrr size, paler, more whitish throat, much less greenish
suffusion on the foreneck and ninch paler yellow belly.
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T.s. Tyrannus rostratus Scl.
Tymn/iKK mxlmlns Sclatcr, Ibis, 18(i4. p. 87 [Port of Spain, Triuidad (Taylor) and Guiaua.]
1 S acl. from Seelet, Aiiril ; ami auuther 6 i'rom Lavuiitillc, Ueceiiiljer.
They are absolutely identical with a large series from the Antilles (tjanta Lucia,
Dominica, etc.). Although originally described from Trinidad, tiiis bird is certainly
only a winter visitor on the island.
TC). Muscivora tyrannus (Linn.).
Miisacojia li/raiuim Liuuauus, Si/d. ym. .\ii. 1. (17Glij p. 325 [tx Brissou : '• Canada" (orrore !) and
Cayenne].
One adidt i'rom Caroni, A[iril.
77. Pipra erythrocephala (Linn.).
Parus enjthnKfplmhis Linnaeus, Si/>l. yal. x. (17i8) p. I'.H (ux Edwards.- Surinam).
Pipra anrnvnpiUa Lcht.
A good series from ('aparo, March and .Vi)ril ; Valencia, March ; Pointe Gourde
and t'haguaramas, January.
Like others from Cumana, and (inanoco in the Orinoco delta, the S S have the
cap brighter, more orange than tliose from Cayenne and Surinam. Specimens from
the Orinoco and t'aura are, however, so variously intermediate tliat I do not venture
to separate them.
78. Chiromachaeris manacus manacus (Linn.).
Pipia iiiaittiriif: Linuacus, %.s(. \at. .xii. 1. p. 240 (ITGU.— e.x Kdwards ; "supposed to be Sumntin,"
and ex Brisson : part).
A very large series of both se.\es from (_'ai)aro, March and April ; one pair
from Laventille, December; 2 (i S from Valencia, March; and :2 JcJ, 1 ? from
C'haguaramas, January.
The males agree witli several specimens from Surinam in having only the sides
of tlie belly and the under tail-coverts grey. 2^6 from Archidona (East Ecuador),
one from the (Jaura River, and several from tlie Hio Negro (Natterer), belong also
to this form.
C. III. jjxrm (Bangs) from the Lower Amazons, is easily recognisable by its
white under tail-coverts and narrow black area on the back.
711. Tityra cayana (L.).
Lnn/Hs mi/iiniis Linnaeus, Si/sL Xnt. xii. 1. (17G6) p. 137 (ex Brisson.— Caycnni).
-! c?c? and 2 ? ? from Caiiaro, iii., iv.; and 1 6 ad. from Valencia, iii.
Apparently not ditt'erent from (Cayenne and Cumana specimens, Imt tiie males
are a shade more cinereous, both beneath and above.
•sti. Pachyrhamphus niger cinereiventris Sd.
[Piiiiiijvijiirhiis H/'^r,- Spix, /I '■. />'/</^. ii. (IS-J.'i) p. 3:;. tal>. 4.'i. tig. I (no locality given.— We subslilute
Fuiitrbua^ Amazon.i, as the typical locality).]
Paclit/rluiiiqihiit fiiirnirriiliis Sclater, Oil. Aiiar. IJhds, p. -Hi (1862.— Santa Marta).
Parlu/rhamphus nii/cr (nee Spix !) Chapman, /.''///. .!«»,■, .)/»«. vi. (1894) p. 47 (Trinidad).
2 (?c? from ('aparo, Ajirij, niid 1 c^ ad. from I'ointe (Gourde, January.
These specimens agree with a scries from Cnmnna, Tobago, the Orinoco valley,
and Bogota-collections. I compared also the type of /'. ciiieificen/ria from Santa Marta
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ill till' I'litisli Museum, ami liniiul il tn bolnug tn the sauu' Inrm. The luidei' surface
is (lark cinerous, more or less freckled with dull blackish, especially on the throat
and I'oreiieck. The true P. n. niijer from N.E. Pern and East Ecuador differs at a
glance by having the lower parts uniform deep black, the rumji and npper tail-
coverts black like the back (never grey as in ci iiereiventris), and by its larger bill.
81. Chasmorhyuchus variegatus (Gm.).
Ampdis mritgiila Gmelin, Syxt. Xal. 1. ii. (1788) p. 841 [ex Brissoii, etc. — " Brasilia "—erroic 1
We substitute Caijcmir.']
1 S ad., 1 S jr., and 1 ? from Aripo, L'tMil) ft., May ; 1 S ad. Caparo, Jlay ;
] i ad., 2 SS }i: and a ? ? from Valencia, March.
This series agrees well with several specimens from the Itoraima Sluuutains,
British Guiana. The species has not yet been recorded from the " Cote de I'aria,"
but Gocriiig collected it at S. Esteban, near Puerto f'abello.
s:,'. Sclerurus albigularis Scl. & Salv.*
Schrurus alhiijiilarls Sclater & Salviu, P. Z. S. 1868. p. 630 [Caracas.]
1 ? ad. from Valencia, March 25 ; and 1 c? from ('aparo, Ajiril 1~.
Identical with specimens from Tobago and Cnmaua.
S. caniyuluris Ridgw. has i|nite erroneously been united with the above species
by Dr. Sclater. It is a very much darker bird throughout. The ui)per parts are
dark rufous brown (instead of pale olive brown), the foreneck deep chestnut rufous
(instead of pale ferruginous), breast and abdomen dark rufous brown mixed with
blackish, and the whole throat is uniform dark ashy grey (chin and ujipcr throat
not whitish, as in S. idbiijiilarix).
83. Synallaxis cinnamomea (Gm.).
Certliia cbinamnmeu Gmelin, Si/.sV. X'lt. 1. i. (178S) p. 480 [ex Latham: loc. ign. — We accept
Cayemie as the typical locality].
2 SS from Caroni Swamp, March : '^ S S ad., 1 ? ad. and '~ juv. from Seelct,
April ; agreeing with a good series from Surinam, Uritish Guiana mid the ()rim)co
Hiver.
84. Synallaxis albescens albigularis Scl.
[Hnwillajia albescens Temminck, /'/. n,l. lirr. 88 (Sept. 1823) tab. 227. fig. -1 (S. Brazil i].
,S albignlaris Sclater, /'. Z. S, 1808. p. 63 [Rio Napo, East Ecuador].
.S. ncr'ipilalU Madara-sz, Ann. Mux. Xat. Hunij. i. (1903) p. 463 [Merida, Venezuela].
Three S S from Caparo, Blareh and Ajtril ; and one young bird from Laventille,
Blarch.
The adults agree with a large series irom the Orinoco, Merida, Bogota, and
East Ecuador. Through Sclater's " lumping " of S. albescens albescens and S. a
albiiiiilnris in the Cut. JJ. .\v., Dr. von JIadaiasz was misled to create a new name
for the northern form. The latter may be distinguished from the Brazilian bird by
the much broader, greyish brown frontal band, paler, more greyish brown (instead
of reddish brown) tail, and, as a rule, lighter rufons, less castaneoiis colour of the
crown and shoulder patch.
♦ Tlie ii;imc i> commuiily atuibiited to SSw:iiiifOn (Bhils Jliazil, vlc, iAh. 7sj, but that platf is not
to be found in any u£ the copies 1 cuusulted.
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■s."). Synallaxis terrestris carri (hapm.
Si/, Ill/Ill. lis rurri r!li;i|iman, Hull. Ami-r. Mim. vii. (1895) p. I!'i3 [Caparo : Ti-iniciailJ.
One S iiil. IVom Cajiaro, coUeftcil April 4, VMYZ.
This is a vny distinct I'orra, at once known from .V. t. fi'nvsfi-i.i .Tard. In- the
following characters : tlie n])iier [larts are much darker, mnmmy brown (instead
of i)ale olivaceous brown), the wings darker chestnut, and tlie breast and abdomen
also much more intensely colourgd, scarcely lighter than the back. The whitish
spots on the throat are greatly restricted, the blackish ground-colour becoming
much more apparent. Only the anterior portion of the chest shows a few narrow
fulvous shaft-lines, while in -S'. t. terre.stria from Tobago the whole breast is
covered with distinct pale stripes, which are slightly margined witli dusky
laterally.
8. t. strir/tijii'i'tus ( 'hapm. from Cumana is another close ally, but differs in
the decide<lly rufous sides of the neck and superciliaries, and in having tiie whole
lireast and abdomen marked with broad fulvous shaft-stripes.
■SO. Xenops rutilus rutilus Licht.
Xeiiups riil'ilua Lichtenstein, Vei-~.. Diibl. 18J3. p. 17 [Baliia].
One (? ad. and one specimen not sexed, from Laventille, December and April.
They agree with examples from Bahia, S. Paulo ami Cnmana.
87. Dendrocincla meruloides (Lafr.).
Deiidrocnps meviilniih-s Lafresnaye, Rev. Zmil. 1851. p. 4lj7 [" Cote ferme " coll. Beauperthuys. — This
means the north coast of Venezuela near Ciiiiuind '].
Dfiidriiciiirla iiii'mhiidea riphanln Oberholser, Proc. Acail. Phihitl. 11IIJ4. p. 4GU (Tobago).
Thirteen specimens of both sexes from Caparo, April ; ] S ad. from Pointe
Gourde, January.
The series is fairly uniform, and agrees perfectly with a good many skins from
Gumanaand Puerto Oabello. Two specimens from Tobago are also in no way ditferent.
It is certainly wrong to treat D. ineruloidfs as a subspecies of r>. inenda (Lciit.).
The latter is readily distinguished from all South American species of Dendrocincla
by its deep chestnut upjier wing- and lower tail-coverts and bright orange axillaries.
D. meruloidex, on the other hand, agrees in both respects with J ). jihaeochroa {v{\\\ch.
occurs together with ]>. mcritla at different localities, e.g. on the Orinoco), but
differs in its more ciunamnmeous-brown upjier parts, more rusty under-snrface, and
in the throat being uniform with the breast (instead of buffv).
88. Dendrornis susurrans susurrans (.lard.).
DciHlroi'nlapies s«s//mi«s Jardine, Ann. .Vu(/. iVii/. /fiat. xix. (1847) p. 81 [Tobago].
Nasica albhqiiaiiui Lafi'osnayo, liir. Ziinl. 1852. p. 4(55 [loc. ign.].
Deiiiliiiriiis mnxdhi-iimx Dalmas, M^iii. Soi: Zoul. France xiii. (190II) p. 140 [TriniJad].
Fourteen specimens (adult and young) from (Japaro, April ; 1 S ad.
Ohaguaramas, January ; 1 c? ad., Pointe Gourde, January ; 1 ¥ jr., Seelet, April ;
4 (?(?, Laventille, April and May ; 1 S, Valencia, March.
* I compared two of the typical specimens, cullectcd by M. l!eaupeitlniy.s, in the I'.iris Museum.
They are both labelled •' Ciimaiiu," ami as lieaupeitluiys never collected anywhere else, tills locality must
be regarded as the typical one.
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On corapariiijj this scries with fifteen specimens IVdiii Tobago I tail to see .any
ilifierence, and cannot, therefore, admit the validity oi 1>. co/isol/rim/s Ualni.
The form fonnd on the opposite mainland, near (Inmana, Matnrin, and in the
Orinoco delta ((tuanoco), however, is ajiparently dillerent and worthy of recognition.
Ir ditVers in its more fnlvons nnder-jiarts, tliis lieing especially nutiecahle on tlie
throat, which is distinctly bntV (instead of wiiitish), and more rnfesient back. This
subspecies has to stand as A susurransjardinei Dalm.
At my reipiest, Mr. Oberholser examined t\\o types of yasicK ulbisquama
in the Lafresnaye collection, and found them to be identical with tlie white-throated
Tobago form. Jlost probably, Lafresnaye's types came from Trinidail.
80. Picolaptes alboliueatus (Lafr.).
Vewlri'Culaj.tm (illuJhiriilim Lafresnaye, lifi: Znnl. ItSiCi. p. 208 [" Colonihie on Mexique.''— We
accept liiiijiild !Lt tlie typical loc.ility].
2 S (S and 1 ? from Caparo, April : exactly agreeing with three adults from
Cumauii.
Bogota skins and several examples from West Colombia differ slightly in
having the back rather more rnfescent and the under-jiarts darker brown, with the
whitish longitudinal streaks somewhat broader. Two s]iecimens from Valencia
appear to be identical with those from Bogota.
A much larger series is necessary to decide whether there are any geographical
races of this .sjiecies or not.
00. Thamnophilus major semifasciatus (Cab.).
[Thamnophihis major Viuillot, .V<///i'. Did. iii. (181IJ) p. .'513 (ex Azara : Paraguay).]
Diallactes neiiii/iisiititiis Cabanis, J on in. f. Oniith. I87'2. p. 234 ['' Para, Guiana and Venezuela "].
Thamniiplidiis iilbhris.<ux Ridgway, Prnr, C.S. .!/«<. xiv. (1891) p. 481 [Trinidad].
6 S ad. and o ? ? from Cajiaro, April.
In the markings of the tail they agree with a series from Venezuela (Cnmana
and E. Orinoco), liritish Guiana, Cayenne, and Para. Typical 7'. m. imijor \ie\\\.
of Paraguay, Mattogrosso and Bahia has much more white in the tail, broader white
edges to the primaries and, as a rale, a smaller bill.
01. Thamnophilus doliatus (Linn.).
Liiiiiiis ihiVHitun Linnaeus, Mim. Ail. Fmli . ii. I'lodr. p. 12 (17t'i4) [Inc. ij^n.— We substitute Surinam.
as the typical locrdity].
Thamnoj)liilus (loliiilu* fr'iterrulun IJerlepsch Ji Hartert, Xov. yinnl. ix. (10o2) p. 70 [Orinoco River].
25 (J ad. and jnv., IT ? ? from Caparo, April and May; and Seelet, April ;
1 6 ad., 1 ?, Pointe Gourde, January ; 1 J ad. from Laventille, December.
With a series of seventy adult males liefore me, I can no longer distinguish the
form named T. d. J'niterculus by Berlejjsch and Hartert. In some cases, the
specimens from Cayenne, Surinam and Trinidad have rather broader bars on
the lower surface tiian those from Venezuela, but so many of them are ipiite
indistinguishable from the latter that 1 cannot make any separation. Birds from
Tobago agree better with the narniwly-barrcd form of the mainland.
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02. ThamnophiUis canadensis canadensis (Linn.).
Lniiiiis miKirli'iiiiK Linnaeus, Si/mL XuI. xii. 1. p. I'M. desrr. f [l")')!'. : ex Rrisson, '^ Cumnhi" :
errore ! — Wesulistitute Ciii/i ii/ir as typical locality].
T/iamuophi/us tn,i',l,ilis Ridgw.ay, I'm: I'.S. .Uiis. xiv. (IW91) i>. 4«I [Triniilad].
T. firi-huliis auct.
9. 3 6 and 1 ? from Soclet, April ; •") S ad., 1 S jr. and 1 ? from Pointe
Gourde, January ; 1 c? ad. from Chagnararaas, .January ; and 1 J jr. from
Laventille, Manb.
Besides these specimens, I have examined a series of 40 adults from ('aycnne,
British Guiana, Surinam, (!nmana, the Orinoco and the Rio Branco (Natterer coll.),
and I fail to see any constant differences between them. Dark and pale-backed
specimens are to be found in Trinidad as well as on the mainland, and some of the
(typical) Cayenne skins are even darker on the upperside than those from Trinidad.
I can, therefore, no longer maintain T. trinitatis as different.
93. Dysithammis affinis andrei n. suhsp.
Di/sithamniis meiiliilis spoiliniiohis (nee D. xpiuliniintns Salv. & GoJni. I) flliapman. Bull. Amer. Mus.
vi. (1894) p. an [Trinidad].
4 c? ad. and 3 ? ? from Claparo, April.
(?. Differs from />. n. afflids oi Mattogrosso only in having the under tail-
coverts white.
?. Quite different from that of /A a. tijfniis and D. a. sjiodioiiotn.'i by having the
back olive-grey (not cinnamomeous or warm olive-brown) and the under-surface
much paler without any cinnamomeous tinge on sides or foreneck, only the flanks
and crissnm being pale olive yellowish.
Type in Mus. Tring : ? ad., Cajiaro, Trinidad, April 12, 19(12. E. Andre coll.
It is strange that the cj c? of the Trinidad form are much more like D. a. ajjuiis
of Mattogrosso than B. a. spodionotiis from the Roraima Mountains. Comparing
three males of each, I can hardly perceive any differences between them, but the
females are strikingly different. The distinguishing characters of the three
subspecies may be summarised as follow :
(rt) D. a/fniis afii/ii.i Pelz.— Distribution : MidtiKj rosso, ('. Brazil : Villa Jlarin
(Natterer) ; Chaj)ada (Smith).
5 ad. Ujiper parts puro schistacenus gri'y, pileum rather darker, rump slightly
washed with pale greenish. Throat and middle of the breast and ab<loni('n white,
sides and foreneck washed with pale grey, flanks and under tail-coverts distinctly
tinged with pale brownish or greenish. Wing, 61 ; tail, 39 mm.
? ad. Ijack warm olive-brown : upjtcr wing-coverts and outer weli of the
remiges light rufeseent brown. Throat and middle of the lielly pure white, chest
and sides pale cinnamomeous brown. Wing, 01 ; tail, 39 mm.
{b) D. affinis andrei Hellm. — Distribution : Trinidad.
(J ad. Exactly like the S of the i>. a. uj/iiti.i, but the under tail-coverts [)nre
white, only the flanks being faintly shaded with greenish. Wing, (jl — 03; tail,
40—43 mm.
? ad. Back olive-grey, passing into pale greenish on the rump. Upper wing-
coverts and outer webs of the remiges pale olive brownish. Throat and middle of
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tlie belly imre wliite, fcircneck soavce]_v shaded with biifty ; tiauk.s and niulev tail-
coverts olive-yellow with a lirownish hue. Wing, On — G:J ; tail, 39 — 41 ram.
(<:•) I). (i//i/'/s s/iiii/io/'oh/s i>a\v. ^ (iodm. nisfi-ibutimi : Il(>r<i.iniii Jit., British
(iiiiana.
<i ad. Ditt'ors from a and li by the darker, more slaty j:;rey nppor parts without
any trace of greenish on the nimi). The grey colour below is al.so rather darker and
more extended, and the flanks are always washed with brownish. Wing, 05 — 08 ;
tail, 40 mm.
? ail. Exactly like that of D. u. ii/fi/i/,i, perha]is a shade paliT, more rnfcsceut
olive-browu on the lower parts. Tail distinctly longer. Wing, 0"2 — 04 ; tail,
44 — 47 mm.
These three snlispecies form a natnral grou]i, and are quite different from
/). i/ii'iitalis me/iti'I'x (Teniui.j and /). m. olicaci'iis (Tsch.) which have the belly
in both sexes sulphur-yellow without any white, ('fr. Journ. f. Ornith. 19u5,
p. 14 li".
D. u. (uidrci is evidently confined to the island of Trinidad, since two specimens
from Tobago (? ?) and several adults from ('umana Itelong to the yellow-bellied
/'. III. Illflltulis.
'.»4. Myrmotherula axillaris (Vieill.).
Mijintdlhera a.ciUaiis Vieillot, Xotir. Did. xii. p. 113 (1817) [ex ■' La Guayane," sc. Cayenne].
;i (S ad. from ( 'aparo, April, agreeing in every resjiei't with typical ('ayenne
specimens.
'•i-">. Ramphocaenus melanurus trinitatis Less.
[liu mphocinms meUinuncs Tieillot, Noiir. Dirt. xxix. (181'.)), p. 0 (" Bri'sil "— coll. Delalande :
sc. Hio de Janeiro) ].
Ramphnraemts triuitatis Lesson, Tin: Znol. 1839. p. 42 (" in insula Irinihilis ").
S and ? from Caparo, April and March 1902.
The specimens agree with a good series from (Jnmaua and the Orinoco and ( 'aura
Rivers in having the under-parts strongly washed with ochraceous buff (Hidgway,
NomcDcl. v. fig. 10). The clieeks, ear-coverts and sides of the neck are uniform
deep ochraceous (liidgway v. fig. 7), and the back dull smoky brown in decided
contrast to the dull rufous brown pileum. Two specimens from Cumamlhave only a
slight ochreous buffy wash on the innermost sides of the belly, thereliy appro:iching
Jt. m. ((Ihiceidii.s iScl. from I'ritish (Juiana and Surinam ; but the sides nf the head
:ire deep ochraceous, as in It. in. trinitatis.
11. lit. )iicl(ini<rus of East Brazil (S. Paulo to Para) resembles the brightly
coloured specimens of R. m. trinitatis on the under parts ; but the ear-coverts are
much paler buff, and the back Is warm rufescent brown, scarcely different from the
colour of the crown.
It is extremely doubtful wlu^ther Lesson's name can be accepted for the
northern form of R. niflaniaus. Although Trinidad is given as the typical locality,
the description does not fit very well, and the terms " corpore infra niveo, lateribns
griseis," apply much better to A', m. uthircntris. Perhaps Lesson described a
specimen of the latter race with a wrong locality, lietore giving a new name,
however, the type of trinitatis should lie examined.
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90. Myrmeciza longipes lougipes (Sw.).
Dri/iim/iliihi hiii(/i/)cs Swainson, Ztmhxj. Jniirii. ii. (July I^i'25). p. 152 [" somo part of Brazil (I was
told from Rio ile Janeiro) " — errore ! We subititute Triniihnl as ilie typical locality].
Myriiieciza siniiiiniiiii Berlepseb, IhU 1HK8. p. liiO [Puerto Cabello and Trinid.ad].
Myriitei'ha loiif//pc>i uVi/i-ndrix Cbapnian, .I"/' x. (18*'.'i), p. 1^4.3, and Itiill. Amcr. J\[ii>i. vi. (1804),
p. 51 [Trinidad].
2 c?c? and 1 ? , Chagnaraiuas, Jannarv ; one pair from Laventille, April ami
Deccmlier ; one c^ ad., (laparo, April.
The series is aliscilntidy identical witli another from Cnmani'iand Puerto C'aliello,
Venezuela. I fully aijree with Mr. Ohapman that the term longipes Sw. should
be ae.cepted for the bird named ^f. tiwaimoiii by P>erlo[tseh, but I cannot follow him
in separating the Triuidad form nnder a new name. One S ad. from Pauama (coll.
Harris) differs from the latter in having the sides of the chest ashy grey (instead of
l)alc fulvous brown like the flanks), as poflited out by Chapman. In Swaiuson's
descrijjfion, however, no mention is made of this colour ; hence his name becomes
strictly applicable to the Triuidad race. Moreover, ^[. siminsoiii Pierlepsch being
based upon specimens fnun Puerto Cabello !ind Trinidad, antedates in any case
(Jhai)man's later designation, while the birds from ('artagena and Panama, if really
se])arable, must have a new name.
In the Orinoco valley and in British Guiana a very distinct subspecies takes its
|ilac'e. This has been named ^f. I. (/riscijtcctKS Berl. & Hart., and is easily known
by a broad grey band across the chest just below the black throat.
'.IT. Sclateria* iiaevia (Gm.).
Siltd Mipriii Gmelin, .S.(/s(. Nal. i. 1 (1788) p. 4t'J [ex Edw.ards : Surinam],
4 t?c?, 1 ?, from ('aparo, March and April ; one ?, (!haguaramas, January.
Identical with a series from Cayenne.
'••8. Formicarius hoifmanni saturatus Uidgw.
[Mi/niiiiniif: tli'll'miiinii Cab.anis, Jcnni. Uniilh. ISGl. p. '^f> (C'osita Rica).]
Fiiniiii'iiriui futliiniliii Ridgway, Fm : U. S. Mas. xvi. (I8'.)4), p. ('i77 [type ex Trinidad].
2 S d from ('ajiaro, April; I S from Vali'iiciii, March; and 1 '? iVom Aripo,
2000 ft., May.
The Triuidad specimens agree perfectly widl with others from Curaana, Tocuyo,
V'^enezuela, and from the Cauca valley in W. Colombia. F. h. saturatus is easily
recognisable from /'. //. ciixxulis ( 'ab. (ex Cayenne and Brit. Guiana) by its
paler, more olive-brown colour above, smaller (u- (jlisolefe white loral siuit, darker
grey under jiarts, and paler lower tail-coverts.
0!'. Glaucis hirsuta (Linn.).
Trochihts h'muttis Gmelin Sifsi. Nul. i. 1 (1788), p. 4'.i0 ['' Brasilia " — ex Marcgrave].
Two pairs from Caparo, April, and three si)ecimens from Laveutille, November.
They agree with a scries from Puerld Cabello, the Caura River, and Tobago.
Topotypical East Brazilian skins are not available for comparison. Accordiui,' to
Phelps {Ault 1897, p. 30G) the species occurs also in the state of ('umana,.
* Ulim Httt'rociiemitt (preoccupied).
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loo. Phoethornis longuemareus (Less.).
Trnchihis Jmiguemareus Lesson, Ilisl. Xat. Tinrh;!.. p. If), pi. 2 (1832— Cayenne).
Three c?(? fi'oin Cai)aro, Ajjril. Tlic Ti-injr Miisoum lias also two skins (r? ?)
collected by Dr. Percy Kendall at ('ajiaro.
Tliev differ iVom a series of ( 'ayenue skins (coll. Cliorrie) liy liaving the
hiackish subterniinal bar on the tail-feathers less distinct and the njijier lail-eoverts
not so broadly margined with rufous. The blackish ^nlar spot, too, seems to be
larger. Tlie.se slight differences, however, are not qnite constant.
P. lonqueimiri'us is hitherto only known from Cayi'nne, British (Jniaiia
(Schombnrgk), and Trinidad.
101. Phoethornis guy guy (Less.).
Trneliihix ijiiji Lesson, Hist. Xal. Tmckilid. p. ll'.l. tab. 44 [18.32: no locality gircn. Wc substitute
Ti-iii/ihtfl].
3 c?(? from Caparo, March and April ; 1 J ad. from Aripo, 2000 ft., May.
Specimens from ( 'iuiian;i are practically identical. All have the base of the
tail and the njiper tail-coverts bronze green, withont any bluish gloss. This form
is confined to Trinidad and N.E. Venezuela (state of Cnmaua).
102. Florisuga mellivora (Tjinn.).
Trtn-hiliiti ittfUirnri/^i Linnaeus, Si/\t. Xuf. x. p. 121 (17.'i8 — ex Edwards: " in Indiis " : sc. Snr/iKtni
ex Edwards).
J? ad. frmn ( 'ap;iro, April : 1 d fmm Valencia, March: and 1 cJ imm. from
Aripo, KiiiO ft.. May.
Though occurring in Tobago, the species has not yet been found on the opposite
Venezuelan coast.
I'l;'. Agyrtria chiouopectus chionopectus (Gould).
T/iiitiiitalidH rliiniiiijirrtus fiould, Monaf/r. Ti-iii/iil. V. (l.SiJ'.l), tab. 2'.i:i [Ti'inidad].
A large series from (laparo, March and Ajiril, and Laveutille, March. It occurs
alsd on the opposite Venezuelan coast iu the state of Cumana, where it has been
collected by Mr. Phelps (Aid 1807. p. 300).
In British (Tiiiana and on the ('aura liiver it is represented by a smaller Ibini
with a less coppery tail, ,1. c. /r/ii/c/i/i (Bone.).
Iii4. Saucerottea erythronotos erythronotos (Less.).
Oriiiionyn eri/lhrniiolos Le<son, Jlixl. Xiil. Oi.i. .1/"h<7««, pp. .\x.\ii., 180. tab. Ixi. [1829: "Bresil" —
crrore ! We substitute TniihluJ].
Twelve specimens of both se.xes from (!aparo, April ; 1 S from Ohaguaramas,
January ; 1 i from Laventille, November ; and 1 i from Arijio, 2000 ft., May.
In most specimens the under tail-coverts are dark coppery with ciunamou
edges, but in one S from C'aparo they are dark violet edged with whitish, and in
another from Laventille ])ale greyish with whitish margins.
The Tobago form, S. <'. wells/ Bone, is rather larger, with the tail luori' deeply
i'orked, and with the back and crown darker, purer green. On the Venezuelan
mainland it is represented by another close ally, S. e.fi'liciuc. ((Jf. the excellent
remarks liy Count Dalmas in Miin. Soc. Zool. France xiii. 1900. pp. 142-3.)
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10."). Chlorestes coeruleus (ViCill.).
Trorhilit^ nu'riilfiis Vieillot, A^utir. lUrl. vii. (1S17), p. .^*U [Cayenne]
30 d <i and 3 ?? from ( ';i,paro, Miircli and April, and 1 cJ ad. from
(jbaguaramas, .Tannary.
The males ai^n'i' perfectly with a jjood series from Cayenne, British Guiana,
and the Orinoco region. The species has not yet been taken in the ( 'nmana region.
106. Chlorostilbou caribaeiis (Lawr.).
Chlunisl'illiiii ciiiihiniis Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Li/c. x. (1871 ), Ji. lo [Cura^'ao].
2 c?c? from Laventille, May. We have also 2 cJc?, collected in March 1S07 at
Tacarigua by Dr. Percy Kendall.
These four specimens agree with several ollicrs from Curacao in having tlie
throat and breast pure glittering green. The birds from Curaanu liave been
separated by Simon & Dalraas as ('. c. Irxaoni, but their chief cluiracter, the bluish
hue on the throat, occurs sometimes also in specimens from ('iiracao, and I doubt
the possibility to distinguish them.
It IT. Colibri delphinae (Less.).
()riiismii<i th'liiliiniic Le^scm, Rev. Znnl. IS.TO. p. 44 [loc. ign. — We substitute Trtiiidinl].
Eight iulidts from Aripo, IC.Dil (o 2(Hlil ft., ftfay, fully agreeing with a good
series from ( 'ninana and Columbia ( l'>ogot;i coll.).
108. Anthracothorax gramineus (Gm.).
Trnchihut i/ra III /liens Gmelin, Si/sl. Niil. i. 1 (1788), p. 488 [based on the " Haussecol vert " of Buffon.
No locality given ; we substitute Ciiiji iinf'\.
Ln-iiijiin'iih iji'diiiincus auct.
1 i ad., Seelet, April S ; 1 (J) ad., Caroni Swamp, February In ; 1 ?, (Jaroni,
March 22, l'.i(i2.
The Trinidad birds agree perfectly with a series from Cayenne and Surinam.
I'lo. Anthracothorax nigricollis fVieill.).
Tnichilm niiirlciiUin Vieillot, Nmir. Did. vii. (1817), p. 34'.l (" Biv.sil ").
Lniiipoi'Hin iiiijrivuJIh auct.
1 (? ad., Valencia, March; 2 ??, Laventille, November 8, March 11);
1 cJ juv., Seelet, April ; 1 ?, Ari|io, IsOO ft., May; 26 adults and young from
Caparo, April. We have also 2 cJcf, 1 ?,froin ('ai>aro valley, and 2 i 3 from
Tacarigua, February, collected by Dr. Percy Hendall.
The series agrees e.xactly with other examples from Cumana and S. Brazil.
The female oi A. niyricolUs dilfers from that of the preceding species by having
a broad velvety black stripe along the middle line of the underside from the chin to
the anal region. In .1. (ivaminCKs there is only a dull blackish stripe to be seen .m
the middle of the throat and foreneck.
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llii. Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linn.).
TnichihiK mii.'niiiiliix Linnaeus, Si/al. X,il x. p 120 [1758: ex " Indiia " — urrore ! Wo .substitute
Siiriiiaiii as typical locality].
A larjje series of lioth sexes from Ciiparo, April ; Lavi'ntilie, Deei'iulier ; T'ninte
Gonrde, Janiian- ; antl .Seolet, April.
111. Polytmus thaumantias chrysobronchos (Shaw).
[Triirhilun IhiiiiuKiiitiiis Linnaeus, Si/i.1. A'<il. xii. 1 (ITliii), p. I'.Mt ^e.\ Urissrm : " Bru^il ").]
Triichiliis rliri/xcibi-inirhos Shaw, Gen. Znnl. 8. 1 (1812), p. 287 [ba.sed on Audebert .t Vieillot, Oh.
Doles i. tab. 41 — "Guiana," sc. Cayenne].
1 (c?) ad. and 1 ( ? ) from Caroni Swamp, February. Thoy agree with speeiiuens
from British Gniana and ( 'ayenue.
This species has not. yet been recorded from the Paria peniiisnla.
11-. Anthoscaenus lougirostris longirostris (Andeb. & Vieill.).
TrncUhm longirostris Audebert & Vieillot, 0«. /)„;■. i. (1802), p. 128. tab. 59 [" Indes occidentales."
AVe substitute Tritiitlii<i\
1 6 ad. from < 'aparo, Ajiril 13, 1902, agreeing with a specimen I'rom (Uimana.
113. Lophornis ornatus (Rodd.).
Trnchilus ornatus Bodd.aert, Tnlil. PL cut. p. .'j'.l [178:) : ex Daubenton, /'/. mi. 040. fig. IS, Cayenne].
A fine series of eleven si)ecimcus from Laventille, October and November. The
S ad. are not different from other.s collected by Mr. Andre on the ( 'anra Uiver in
Veneznela. Typical Cayenne skins are not available for comparison.
114. Chaetxira zouaris albicincta (Cab.).
{IlirmuJo zimaris Shaw, Cimelia Phys. (I7'JG) p. 100, tab. 55. (No locality).]
Hemiprortie iiltiicim-ta CabanU, Joiirii.f. Ornith. l.siVi. p. 1G5 (part : Guiana).
Acanthylis coUuris L^otaud, Ois. Trinlihiil, p. 83 (Trinidad).
Two specimens, luarlced S and J jnv., collected by Mr. Carr at Cliagnanas,
September 24, 1804.
Botli are young and have the white neck-band still incomplete, bnt agree with
specimens from British Guiana in dimensions. The wings measure 177, 187, the
tail 01, ()'.) mm. The length of the wing in skins from Guiana (Annai & Horairaa)
varies from 170 to 18G, that of the tail from (iU to 05 mm. According to Leotand,
the sj)ecios does not bre( d on the island, but Carr's specimens seem to indicate that
such may be the ease. Anyhow, further observations are required to establish its
claims as a breeding liird.
117p. Chaetura sp. (near t'. iicUnjint (L.)).
Mr. E. Andre sent a female, collected March 20, lOii;!, near Valencia, of a
species allied to ('. jn'layica, but evidently distinct. 1 refrain, however, lor the
])resont from naming it, since it may be a migrant from some more ncn-thern locality,
in which case it would be difiicult for future writers to identify the species.
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It agrees with ('. pelfiyica and C. fan.ri in general form and size, Imt ilill'ei's
very conspicnously in having no trace of the whitish throat-patch, and thi' pih'nni
and l);u'k of a ninch darker, metallic lilack colonr.
11 II. Chaetura cinereiventris lawrencei Ridgw.
\Chaelura chiereivcnl ris Scliter, Cat. Aiiier. Birds (1802) p. 2.S3 (ex Wiud & Burniuisler. -naliiii).]
Clmeltmi lawreiirri Eidgway, /'nw. C/..S. Nat. .\lif<. xvi. (1894) p. ^'^ (Grenada, W. I.).
Aciiiithijlh ii.r.i)urfi (nee Vioillot !) Leotaud, Ois. Tr'mhhul p. 84.
1 9 ad., collected liy Mr. Carr, 'Z'l. iii. LSili, without exact locality.
Tliis specimen as well as a ¥ I'roiu Toiiago are practically idenlical wilh a
(J from Grenada. All have the upper tail-eoverts Idackish with a slight steel-green
gloss, only a very narrow edge along the inner web being pale greyish ; tlic lower
surface is pure schistaceous, in strong contrast to the steel-black under tail-coverts.
C. c. quianeitsis Hart, of which form there are three examples from British
Guiana in the British Museum, differs in having the upper tail-coverts or at least
tiieir inner webs light schistaceous grey like the rump.
According to Leotaud, the species is sedentary on the island.
117. Chaetura brachyura (Jard.).
.iruiitlii/lix tiriii-Iiijiira Jardine, Aim. .!/.(</. .V.i/. Ilisl. xviii. (18iG) p. 120 (Tobago).
Araiil/ii/lis jiiiliiiiinis (nee Temminck !) Leotaud, Oh. Tyinidml, p. 8G.
Chiirtitm p'llium auct. (nee Temminck !).
1 i ad. from Laveutille, 111. v. 1003.— E. Andre coll.
It agrees perfectly with a typical specimen from Tobago. A series ot twenty
examj)les from Cayenne and Surinam is also absolutely identical.
This is the bird commonly called C. poUura, but Temminck's name certainly
does not refer to the species in question. Ci/pselua poliouii.is Temminck * is
exclusively based on D'Aubenton's plate 720, fig. 2. Both the figure and the
description of the " Hirondelle brune acutipenne de la Louisiane" suit much better
the common North American Chaetura pelagica (Linn.); and, moreover, in the
letterpress Moutbeillard expressly states : " L'individu dont il est ici question a 6te
cnvoye de la Loiiisiani' par M. Lelieau." Tiience there is not the slightest donbt
that ('j/psdi(s poliourias must be regarded as a pure synonym of C. pclfujicn, which
is the only species found in Louisiana. Tlie next available name for the South
American s])ecies is A. hradnjHra.
118. Panyptila cayennensis (Gm.).
Hindnl') cni/cnnfiisis Gmc\m, Sy.it. Mtit. 1. ii. (1788) p. 11124 [based on l)3,uhcntoii, PL nil. 1'2'>
fig. 'J.—Oii/cniic].
Although Ghapman found the species common at La Brea, Mr. Andre's
collectors never met with it.
119. Nyctibius griseus griseus (Gm.).
Ciipriinulgus ijrisctis Gmelin, Syst. .\al. 1. ii. (IT^H) p. 102'.l [ex BufTon. — '' Cayenna ").
Nijctibius jamaiccnsis griseus Hartert, Tierreich, Lief. 1. (18'J7) p. Ui.
1 S from Chaguanas, May 17, 1894, collected by Mr. t'arr, received from
Mr. E. Andre ; and 1 ? from Savannah Grande, February 15, 18U7, collected by
Mr. Percy Rendall.
* I'nM. Viiili. ri. col. p. 57.
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(J : AVing, 2o3 ; tail, 178 ; ? : wiiiir, 240 ; luil, ICT mm.
One adult from Buliia measures: wing, 20(J ; tail, ISO. One from ('ayenue :
wing, 265 ; tail, 180 ; and another from British Guiana: wing, 2o9 ; tail, 185 mm.
Tlins the Trinidad l)irds belong to the smaller .southern form. Several skins
from Jamaica are niueli larger : wing, 2!I0 — lilO ; tail, 210 — 225 mm., and
aj)iiarentlv sejiaralile as a subs|)ecies. Its proper name is S. griscus jamaiccnsis
(Gm.)
It is strange that all authors nsed to call the species -A', jamaiccnxis, liut as
C. griseus stands first in (inielin's work, it must be adojited as the specific name.
120. Lurocalis semitorquatus semitorquatus (<im.).
Ci'iirimulgus semitorqiiatiis GiiKYm, Sijil. Xc.t. I. ii. (178H) p. 1031 [based ou Daubciiton, /V. (•«/.
734.— "Caycniia"].
1 (J and 2 ¥ ? from Cluiguanas, July, May and Se|iteniber, collected by
Mr. (."arr, received from l\Ir. E. Andre.
These specimens agree in coloration with a Cayenne skin, but have rather
shorter tails — 77 to 84 instead of 92 mm. There is, however, no difference iu the
length of the wing.
Skins from S.E. Brazil are much larger, and I'orui an easily recognisable race,
which has to be called L. xi'mi/orij'/afu-s iiattereri (Temm.).
121. Nyctidromus albicoUis albicoUis ((Jni).
Cnprimulgwi albicoUis Gmeliii, Sijsl. Nat. 1. ii. (1788) p. 103U (ox Latham.— C'fl,'/fH«<').
3 (?<? and 1 ? from Laventille, November and April ; 1 ? from ( 'haguanas,
January 20, 1897, collected by Mr. ("arr. Agreeing in colour and size with others
from Cayenne.
122. Steatornis caripensis Humb.
Steatontis mrijiriinis Humboldt, Hull. ."<,„■. riiilnm. Pans (:'.) xvii. (1810) p. -I'X, [Caripi-, Vi-iiczuela"].
3 ii, 2 ? ? and 1 witliont indication of the sex from Aripo, 2400 ft.,
collected May 13—15, 1903. " Iris black."
They agree with some specimens I'mm Venezuela ('iMiH'<[nerys coll.).
123. Chlorouerpes rubiginosus rubiginosus (Sw.).
Piciis ruhii/iiinsii.s SwainsoD, Zmil. llluslr. i. (1S2II-1) I'l. 14 ["Spanish Maiu." — Wc substitute
Cumana a.s typical locality],
12 (JJand ??,(;aiiaro, Aju-il ; 1 S, Valencia, JIarcli ; 1 S, Seelet, March;
and S ? , Chaguunas, June.
Some of them are strikingly small, but others ipiite as large as birds from
Cnmanii. In the Andes of Merida and near Bogota a ranch larger form occurs,
which, liiiwever, is hardly different in enloratiun finm tvpiciil iuhi(]i)io.%iiii.
i ad., Los I'almales, ('nni,Tn:'i . Wing, lOs ; tail, tis ; bill, 22 mm.
4 c? ad., Cajiaro, Trinidad . . „ 99_l0(; ; „ (JO— 57 ; „ 21— 22i „
6 ad., Valencia, „ . „ 108 ; „ (i8 ; „ 22
5 ad., Seelet, „ . „ 104 ; „ 04 ; „ 21
Unfortunately, 1 have no s])ecimeiis from Tobago to com])are; from the remarks
of Mr. Hargitt* and ( 'onnt Dalmas f it would seem tiiat they are diiferent from
those of Trinidad.
• Cat. liirdt Bril. Mu»., xviii. p. 88. f Mem. ,Soi\ Ziutl. l-'rniiir, xiii. (I'JOO) p. HI.
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124. Veniliornis kirkii kirkii (Malli.j.
r. {Oihn-;jwns) l.nlii Malherbc, lire. Zn„l . 184.',. p. 400 (Tobago).
1 i, ( 'liaj^nanas, May; 1 S ad., Poiiite Gonrdc, Jaimarv ; 1 6 a.il., .Vri|ii>,
21.11111 Ct., May; 1 S jnv., and 1 ■»' ail., Caparo, April; ami I ¥ ad., liaveiitiilr,
Noveiiibcr.
Tills series a,y;roes, in ucduratiou and si/.e, witli a fair luimber of skins IVoni
Tolia,i,'ci, while 3 ? ? from the Verieziielau coast (Caripe and 8au Esteban) are so
mnch smaller that I do not iiesilate to separate tlieiu as
Veuiliornis kirkii coutinentalis nov. subs[i.
Type in Mus. Trinir, ? ad., Caripe near Ciiinana, Venezuela, Jannary Is',t4. A.
Mocipierys coll.. No. 243 : wing, 83 ; tail GO ; bill, ISJ mm.
Auotiier ? from the same locality (Mus. Tring) : wing, 82 ; tail, o(j ;
bill, 19 mm.
1 ?, IS. Estelian, near Puerto ('abello (coll. Goeriug. — Mus. Brit.) : wing, 81 ;
tail, M ; bill, 18 mm.
Measurements of T. kirkii kirkii (Malb.).
~ SS ad. from Tobago . . Wing, 89—00 ; tail, .38—03 ; bill, 22 — 23J, mm.
3?? ad. „ ,, . . „ 88-80; „ 50—61; „ 2U— 23 „
ASS-m\. „ Trinidad. . „ 91—93; „ 00-03; „ 23—24 „
2 ? ? ad. „ „ . . „ 01 ; „ 00-61 ; „ 20,1—22 „
125. Celeus elegaus leotaudi nom. nov.
One ? ad., Valencia, March; one ? ad., (iaparo, May ; ? juv. from Chaguanas,
.July. Besides these, we have another ? ad., collected Febrnary 11, 1807, at
Savannah Grande, by Dr. Percy Rendall.
The Trinidad form has erroneonsly been called C. elegants by all iirevious
authors. Fictts cliyan.^ Mfdl., as well as /'. J'n.'iroftilcm Bodd. and V. ciniiamomcus
Gm., are based on Daubenton's PL nil. 524, " Pic janue tachete de Ca>/eime.''
Four adult specimens (3 (?c?, 1 ? ), collected in Cayenne by Mr. G. K. Cherrie,
are very diflTereiit from our Trinidad series, being much larger and darker thronghoiit,
with the back dislinctly spotted. In fact, they agree very closely with the characters
of ('. rcicbenbacJd (as given in the Cat. B.) to which Mr. Hargitt actually refened
several examples from Cayenne. It is the more surprising to iind the name clegans
used as the specific term of another s])ecies which does not at all occur in Cayenne ! !
It seems also that two distinct forms have been united hitherto under the name
C. reichrnhnchi, but to which of them the latter is strictly ajiidicable, cannot be
decided with certainty from Mallierbe's description. The distinguishing cliaracters
of the three races are as follows :
(a) Celi'us cleyans clcgaiix (P. L. S. Milll.).
Picus elegam P. L. S. Midler, yatiir.v/sf. Siipi>l. (ITTO) p. 02 [based on
Danbenton, f'l. cnl. 524 — Cayenne].
I'icmfusco /ulcus Boddaert, Tatd. I 'I. ml. (17s3; p. 30 [liased on the same].
J'icus ciiiiiamomeuii Gmelin, Sgst. Sat. 1. i. (1788) p. 428 [based on the same].
Top of the head and crest ochraceons-bulf (Hidgw. V. 10); liack and upper
wing-coverts deep chestnut brown (rather darker than Kidgw., IV, (ig. 0), willi
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very distinct pale yeliowisli spots ; iiiiderparts deep chestnut brown, still darker
than the back. Win;; Hil — 17(1; l.iil UKi— 117, iiill, L".i— ;il mm.
Hab. Cai/etiiie, A]ipron'a,i;uc (('lierrii' roll.).
(Ji) Celeiix rlfqans n-irhciihnrhi (l\l!illi.).
CelenpicHS rekhenbnrlii Mulin'rlM', MoiiKiir. I'iri,!. ii. (lSii'2) ]i. -'><, tab. ."iii,
figs. 4, .5 [•' le Bri^sil, hi Coloiubic."'- The hitler hicalilv is dmibtless erroneous].
Top of tlie iiead and crest cinnanion ; back and iipi)er wing-coverts deep
cinniinion-rufons witliont any pale markings, only the greater series of the latter
sometimes with obsolete jiaie cinnamon cross-lines; nnilerparts chest nnt-rnfons.
Wing lOU— l(i«, tail, 102— ll.">, bill -JS— :iO mm.
llab. Surinam, Paramaribo (Chiinkoo coll.— Mns. Tring) ; Hritixk Guiana,
]{. Carimaug, ( 'amacusa, (^inonja, etc. (II. Whitely coll.); S.i:. Venezuela,
Guaiioco in the (_lrinoco dilla (.\iidre coll.— Mns. Tring).
Specimens from Guanoco and Surinam are exactly like those from British
Guiana, except the head and crest being slightly paler, more ochraceons-cinuamon.
Whether this form is really entitled to the name C. irirjicnbaclii, can be ascertained
only by an examination of MaUierbe's types. I susjiect that the birds obtained by
Natterer at I'.arra do liio Negro and on the Kio Branco will prove to belong to the
present subspecies, but I have not yet had an ojiportunity to compare them.
((■■) Cclrii.i dcgans h'otauili nom. nov.
Celcus elcgans (nee Mirller) llargill, Cat. Birds Brit. Mns. xviii. (Is'.ni) \>. 426.
Top of the head and crest pale cinnamon ; back an<l upper wing-coverts bright
cinnamon-rufous, the former as well as the smaller wing-coverts with indistinct
pale yellowish spots; underjiarts bright cinnamon-rufous. Wing 139-142, tail
Sf)— 08, bill 20—28 mm.
Type of subsi)ecies: " ?" ad., ^■ah■nc•ia, Trinidad, March 20, l'.MJ3. E. Andre
coll. — l\[us. Tring.
I lab. Triiiidnd.
This form is evidently confined to the island of Trinidad. The specimens
collected by Goeriug at Guarauuo in the jjrovince of N. Andalucia, Venezuela, and
those obtained by Mr. Andre's collectors in the Orinoco delta, belong to the large
race found in British Guiana and Surinam.
I take great pleasure in naming this bird after Dr. Leotaud in recognition of
his vahialile contributions towards our knowledge of the avifauna of Trinidad.
12(1. Ceophloeus lineatus (Linn.).
PicuH Umiiliis Linnaeus, .%.s7. Xnl. .\ii. 1. p. 174 (17(10.— ex Brissoii : Cayiina).
One cJ and 2 ? ? from Seelct, Ajn-il l'."i:i. In bad ]dumage, with the
abdomen much stained. Tliey are apparently nut dillereut from Cayenne si)ecimens.
127. Momotus bahamensis bahamensis (Sw.).
Pr'viiiilrx litilinniniiis Swainsoii, Aniin. ni Miiiii'j. (ISliS) p. '.V.Vl [•■ Bahama IslaiiiLs "— urrore !].
Moinolus smiimoni Sclater, Cat. Amer. Birds (1802) p. L'(il (num. emend, on grouiids of puri.siu].
3 ? ? from Cai)aro, A]iril ; 1 (?, (Uniguaramas, danuary : t? ? , Fointe (ionrde,
January ; and 3 ? ?, Cliaguanas, May and June.
This series agrees in every way with 14 specimens from Tobago. All have
the whole under surface from the chin to the under tail-coverts deep ciunamon-
rnfous.
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M.h /wA'<OT('//.s/.s is eviilently coiitiiiid In the islands of Tnnidad and Tdbago.
Ill till' V'l'iieznelan coast region (Cinnana ami Puerto ('abello), ,1/. Ii. ri'iiezuelne
Sliarjie * takes its i)lacc. It is distingnislied by its muck 2>iiler luider-iiarts, only
liic breast and abdonuMi lieiiig light cinnamon-rutbiis, while tlic tliroat and loreneck
are ociireons washed with greenish. There are five specimens of this form in the
Tring Musenm, collected by A. Mocijuerys at El Gnacharo (near Ciimanaj, S. Oarlos
and San Esteban (near Puerto Cabello).
}f. /i. si//iiy/frsceng ^d. of northern llolombia (Santa Marta and Cartagena) is
another very chjse ally, but differs from M. h. r,'ne.:uclae by its generally more
greenish uii<K>r-p;irts and the colour of thr nuchal cincture as pointed out by
Mr. Sluu-pe.
l~!s. Ceryle americana americaua (Gra.).
Ah-ritn tunrnntmiGmeWn^Syst. Xnl. 1. i. (I7W«) p Ifil [Ijasod on Daubeiiton, P/. c/(/. 591 . fig. l.'-'.—
1 ?, Points Gourde, January; 1 (?, ( 'haguaramas, January; 2 cJcJ, Seelet,
April ; and 1 tj, Caroni Swam[i, March.
Identical with specimens from Tobago and t'ayenne.
N.B. Alcedo hrasiliensis Gm., (pioted in the Cat. Birds as a synonym of
C. a)Hcricana,ca,\motm any way be referred to tlie present species. This will be
easily conceived by a glance at the description.
129. Ceryle superciliosa superciliosa (Linn.).
Akah siipcri-iUnsii Lianaeus, Si/st. Nat. xii. 1. (170(j) p. 17'J [ex Edwards and Hrissoii.— " ill
America." — We substitute Surinam as typical locality].
<J ? from Seelet, April ; c? ? , Caroni Swamp, March ; and 1 ¥ , Chaguaramas,
January. Absolutely identical with speiwiuens from British Guiaiui and Surinam.
The species does not occur in Tobago nor on the " Cote de Paria."
130. Trogou curucui curucui Linn.
Trnijun riiru-ni Liiiuacus Sijsl. Nat. .\ii. 1. (ITOii) p. 1G7 [ox Brissou : ex Marcgrave. — " Urasilia"
(e.\cl. Syn. Hern. — Mexico)].
Trujnn CiiUiirU auct.
One S and two ? ? from Caparo, April. They agree with a scries from
Tobago, Cumana, and Puerto (!abello. Typical Brazilian skins are not available
for comjiarison.
The above is the proper name of T. collaris auct., as has been pointed out
long ago by Cabanis and Heine. f By all recent writers, however, the term
7'. cjiriicui has been ignored, apparently owing to the erroneous description of
Linne, who calls the nnder-jiarls " fulvus," although they are exactly described as
red both by Brisson and Marcgrave, upon whose accounts the name has been based.
Brissou's description is so clear iind full as to leave no doubt of his liird being the
same as T. collaris auct.
In Western Ecuador an easily recognisable race, T. cnrucid cirfiinall.'i Cab. &.
Heine, takes the jilace of the typical form (cfr. Salvadori & Festa, Boll. }[//■•<. Tor/no,
XV. No. 36s (190U) p. 17).
* Momntiix irnc:iielae Sliarpc, Cat. liirds xvii. (1S'.I2) p. 321 in text (S. Esteban ami I'licilo t.'abuUo,
Venezuela).
f Museum Ih'ui. iv. (lsij;j) p. 177.
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13). Trogon viridis Liim.
TrorjiMi ihiilis Linnaeus, Si/st, Xul. xii. 1. (17156) p. 167 (ex Brisson : " C'li/miin")
Tidijmi ci/niiiiriis Finscb, P. Z. S. 1870. p. fi.'i',' (Cayenne 1).
6 (J (J iiiiil 2 ? ?, Ciii>aro, April ; 1 ?, Valoiiciii, Miuvli ; cj ? , Cliagiiaiuis, May.
Not diflereiit from a scries from Vcuenuela and iSuriuam.
1;!,'. Trogon violaceus violaceus (im.
Trillion rinhiciHs (imulin, !<ijsl. Xnl. 1. i. (1788) p. 4(l4 (ex Knelieuler, Xnr. Ail. Pclnip. ii. p. 436.
No. 7, tab. 16, fig. 8. — As terra typica accepted Siiriimin ; cfr. Xot\ Znul. ix. 1902. p. 106).
Triifjon mcridinmtlis Swaiiison, Aiihn. in Mcmrif. (183H) p. 332 ('' Uahanias." — Type in Mus. Cautabr.
examined by me).
3 c?t? from Cnjiaro, March and Ajiril, perfectly agreeing witli specimens
from Britisli Guiana. Wc received also 1 ?, cnllocted l)y Dr. Percy Reiidali, at
Savannah Grande, Trini(hid, Felirnary 14, Is'.tT.
This sjiecies has not yet been recorded from I he north coa.st of Vene/.nela, and
I greatly donbt, therefore, whether the siieciniens from llemedios, W. Colomliia,
referred to 7'. riolarf's by Grant,* are correctly determined.
In U]iper Amazonia the typical form is represented by 7'. dola-ceus ramoiiinims
Dev. it Des Mors.
133. Galbiila ruficauda ^'n^.
Giilbnhi nifii-iiudii Cuvicr, IHijiir Anim. i. (1817) p. 420 (ex Lcvaillaut, O/.s. Piiniilis. ii. tab. L. —
" La Giiyane," sc. Cayeiuie).
3 cT(?, 4 ??, from Caparo, April and Slay; 1 ?, Valencia, March; J?,
Seelet, March ; c? ? , Laventille, Marcli and April ; 1 cJ, Chagnaramas, Jannary : and
1 ?, Clnignanas, May. We have also a series of 14 specimens from Tobago whicli
are jierfectly similar. As a rule, the birds from tlie islands are rather darker on
the abdomen Iban those fonnd on the nortli coast of Veneznela (Cnmana, Valencia,
Puerto C'abello) and in the Orinoco valley ; but some from Puerto Gabello are not
different, one being even more intensely coloured than the darkest from Trinidad.
Hence I prel'er, for the j)resent at least, to include all under the name riiticnuilii.
The above observations are based iijion a splendid series (d' (14 adults in the Tring
Museum.
134. Ramphastos vitellinus I^cht.
Riunphiistfi.-i rilrllhiux Licbtcnstein, I'm-.. /'///./. (IS23) p. 7 ((':iyaria).
1 ? I'rom Valencia, March; 1 (^, Cliugnanas, I\Iarfh ; -^ S S from Cajiaro.
April. Besides these s|iecimciis we have I rf IVom Savannah (iraiule, February,
collected by Dr. Percy Kendall.
They agree in size and culour wilh a g 1 series from Surinam, (Juanoeo
(Orinoco delta), and Bi'ilish (iuiaua. Tliis sjiecies does not oeeiir on the " Gote de
Paria," nor on the island of Tobago.
135. Crotophaga major Gm.
Ci-iiln/iliiiijii niiij.ir Cmelin, S,/.^l, Xnl. I. i. ( I7S,S) p. .'■.r,.', (ox I!i-is.soii and liulTon.— Cayenne).
1 cf friini Lavenlilli', March; ajid another <? I'rom Caroui Swamp, February.
• C'ul. UmU xvii. (Is:i2) p. 46S,
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I'M. Crotophaga ani Limi-
Crotopluuja aui Linnaeus, Syd. Nal. x. (175S) p. 105 (ex Brown & Sloanc, Jamaica ; and Marcgrave,
Eastern Brazil).
3 ? ? from t'aparo, April ; 1 ? , Seek't, March ; and J ? , Cliagtiaramas,
June.
137. Tapera naevia (Ijiiu].).
Cucidm imei'lus Linnaeus, %s(. N.U. xii. ! (17i;C,) p. 170 (ex Briason.-Cayenue).
8 c?(??? from Caparo, April aud May; 1 immature bird from liaventillo,
November ; 1 i from (_"ha,^iiauas, May ; and 1 pnllus from Valencia, JIarch.
138. Piaya rutila (111.).
Cticiilus mlilux Illiger, AhhiiM. Akad. Berlin, 1812. p. -224 (ex Graeliu, C. mj/iwis var. (i (and y
errore !; : (ex Brissou, Cayenne).
riiiija miittffa auct.
1 S from Caparo, April 14, l!i02, aj;reeiiig with a series from Surinam, but
rather darker rufous on throat and foreneck.
130. Piaya cayana iusulana n. subsp.
[Cuculus caymms Linnaeus, Syit. N,U. xii. 1 (17(;i;) [i. 170 (ex Brissuu— Cayeimf)!
Si.x adults of both se.xes from Caparo, April ; ■^ d d iVoiii Chajruaramas,
January; 1 J, Chaguanas, Blay ; S 'i from Valencia, March. In addition to
these we have some specimens from Savannah Grande, February, collected by
Dr. Percy Kendall.
Similar to F. cayaiia guiuiieiisis (Cal). & Heine), but ditfers by its much liirhter
and brighter cinnamon-rufous (instead of dark rufous chestnut) upper parts, and in
having the outer web of the second and third rectri.x entirely rufous (except a
distinct blackish subapical band). The lower jiarts are just of the same pale ashy
grey as in J', c. ijiiiaiiciisis, the under tail-coverts Ijeing only a shade darker than
the iibdomen.
Type in Tring Museum : " c? " ad. (Uiaguaramas, Trinidad, Jaimary 11, 1003 :
E. Andre coll. Wing, 13.j ; tail, '^37 ; bill, '^8! mm.
This interesting race is evidently contined to the island of Trinidad. A large
series from northern Venezuela (Oumana and Uuaca) is easily distinguished by the
still paler cinnamon-rufous upper parts and by having the outermost tail-feather
on both webs rufous (except tlie blackish subterminal band) ; the rufous colour on
the two next rectrices is also more or less extended over the inner web, which is
never the case in the Trinidad form.
With about one hundred adults from suutli of the isthmus of Panama before lue,
I am able to distinguish the following races occurring north of the Amazon :
{fi) Fiatja cai/ana cai/ana (Linn.).
Cuculus cai/anus Linnaeus, tSijat. Sat. xii. 1 (17(50) p. 170 (ex Brisson. —
Cayenne).
Hab. : < '(ii/niiir * and f.o/rrr An/moiiia : vicinity of Parat (Sleere, Pobert coll.).
Under-surfnce of the tail-feathers dull blackish, without any rntbus tinge. Upper
* Tluee specimens. f Four specimens.
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jiiirts (lull (■iiiiiaiiioii-riifuiis, liivii.st Mid alidoiJU'ii very ]>iile whitish givy, iiudi'r
tiiil-coverl.s [liilo ;ishy i,'i'fyish.
(6) I'/iii/a cinjniia ijukiiininix (( 'iib. k lloiiie).
J'i/rrliocoiTi)xf/iiian('niiisV;\.\yM\\» k, lli'iiii', Ma.s. U,iii. iv. (18(32) p. So [(luiaiiii].
Hiili. Biitixh (Juidiin : CJiionju,* Aiiiiai * ; Suriiiam : Paramaribo,! Kwata t ;
Diinnro: Altagracia, f (.'aicara, t t'iinhul P.nlivar^; ('aura li.: Snapnre, + La
I'ricion. %
1,\Vv P. I'. r,ii/,iHii, with tlio tail-feat hiM-.s iiiuK'riu'adi iiiiil'ornily blackish, Imt.
the breast ami abiloiDeii are distinct ly darker ashy grey and tlio under tail-coverts
more sooty greyish. ll|ipcr parts distinctly darker, rulniis chestnut.
(r) I'iai/a atijnnn cohnnbidwi (Cal).).
r;/rrliococ<:)/x coliniibi<(ini!i C&h-AWK, Jdiini. f. (hiiil/i. 18(1:.'. p. 170 (Cartagena,
and Aragna, Venezuela).
Hab. Sorth Vcnczndn : from CiuiiaMaH to Duaca * ; and yortli Colomhl'i. :
Cartageua.*
IJeadily known from (n) and {h) by its luuch lighter, bright ciiinaiuon-rufous
upper parts, and by having the three outer tail-feathers (except the blackisii
subterruinal l)ar) mostly rufous underneath. Under parts just as in P. c. giiianensis.
One adult from l)uaea is exactly similar to those from Cnmana, the crissum
being jialo grey, not Idack as in P. c. nitjiicriam, which occurs i'arther west, near
Merida.
{(I) Piai/a cai/niia innuht na Ilellm.
Hab. : Triniilail (for characters see above).
{e) Piaya cayana niyricrixm Scl.
I'iaya p/i/r/cr/xsa Sclatcr, P. X. .S'. 18C(I, p. 28.") (Pabahoyo, W. Ecuador).
Easily known from all the foregoing races by having the crissum blackish, in
marked contrast to the ashy grey abdomen.
llab. : Culomhia : Bogota coll.H ; Venezuela: Merida t; yiV-Mrtf/or on both sides
of the Andes •* ; JSoith Peru: Guayabamba, f Loreto,* Ucayali.*
140. Amazona amazonica (Linu).
Psillni:i(s nma^uniiii.t Liiiiiavus, %v(. Xut, xii. 1 {\1(,[\) p. 117 (Suriiiam-cfr. .Vor. Znnl. ix. (1002)
p. 110).
One pair from Seelet, April, and one S from Chaguanas, December.
They .igree with a large series from Hurinam and (iiianoco (Orinoco delta).
The species docs not occur on the Paria jieninsnla, and reached Trinidad evidently
from British Guiana through the Orinoco delta.
MI. Piouus menstruus (Mnn).
Pnitlitcua iiinisfi-iiiis Liiiiiauis, Nys^ S'nl, xii. 1 (170tj) p. 14« (ex lirisson— Cayenne).
Sir. Andre did not send ns this species, but Chapman says it was "common in
pairs or small flocks of four to seven birds."
* One siieeimen. % Three specimens. || Nine specimens.
f Two specimens. § Four specimens, ^ Six specimens.
** Sixteen from W. Ecuador, four from E. Ecuiidor,
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142. Urochroma batavica (Bodd.).
r.silliini Biilnrwa Boddacrt, Tnhl. IV. nil. (\7H?,) p. 49 [based ou Daubonton, /'/. rii!. Till, fig. 1.
'* Batavia " — errore ! We substitute Surinam as typical locality].
Urochroma chi<jiilttta auct.
2 cJcJ, 4 ? ? from C'angregal, May ; aud 2 ? ? from Cliagnanas, September.
This series agrees perfectly' with two specimens collected in the stat(? of
Ciimand In- A. Mocqnerys. Several skins from the interior of Britisli Gniana differ
slightly in having the feathers of the nape more distinctly margined with lilael;ish,
but this is not liUely to be a constant character.
143. Pulsatrix perspicillata (Lath.).
Strir perspic.ilUUn Latham, I ml. Oni. i. (17'.H)) p. L'l (Cajana).
i ad., ? ad. and S juv. from Lavcntille, October and .Inly.
The adnlts are mnch paler- bnif (not ochraceous) on the belly — than a series
from Snrinara, British Gniana and North Ecuador. A larger series from Trinidad is
rc<iuired to confirm the constancy of this difference.
144. Ciccaba virg'ata (Cass.).
Syniiiim firf/ati(iri Cassin, Prnc. Arwl. I'liihn/. iv. (IS.'")0) p. 1-24 ("South America").
1 c? fere ad. from Cajiaro, May; 1 d juv., and one young bird, not sexed, from
Cliagnanas, October and .June.
The first specimen, being nearly adult, agrees best with another from Guatemala,
while an adult male from Curaana is mm-h more suffused with ochraceous below.
14.5. Glaucidium brasiliauum phalaenoides (Hand.).
[Slrij:biiiiiilkimi Gmelin, .S'//.s7. .V<i/. 1. i. (17ss) p. I'S'.I (ex Brisson ; ex Marcgrave. EuNterii Brazil —
cfr. Berlepsch, Bull. Bril. Orn. CI. xii. lilill. p. 8 11).]
Sirh phihininiilrx Daudin, Trtiitf iTih-u. ii. (ISOO) p. iOO (Trinidail).
4 Si, dajiaro, March ami A]iril ; (1 SS, 2 ??, Laventille, December and
March; 2 cJc?, Valencia, March ; 1 cJ, I'ointe Gourde, .January; 1 c?, (Jhagnara-
nias, .lannary ; 1 ?, (Jangregal, May ; J ?, Chagnanas, May and .lime.
In the series both the rufous and the brown ])hases are represented. They
agree with sjiecimens from British Guiana in size and coloration. AVhile the fo.\-
red birds from Cumana are exactly like those from Trinidad, the brown phase is
rather more greyish on the upjier surface; but some specimens are hardly distin-
guishable, and I believe that the birds fnnn Venezuela and British Guiana cannot
be separated from G. h. plialaenoides, a view already expressed by l!erle|)sch and
Hartert (New. Zool. ix. l'.H)2. p. 110).
14(1. Pisorhina choliba crucigera (Spix).
\Slrix chnliha Vieillot, Nmw. Dirt. vii. (1817) p. ii'.t (ex Azara No. 48.— Par.aguay).]
Stri.r cruriijera Spix, Ar. Unix. i. (1824) p. 22, tab. ix. (" juxta flumeii Amazonum ').
3 SS, 2 ? ?, 2 young birds fnitn Laventille, Ai)ril, May and December;
1 S from Cajiaro, April ; and 1 6, Chagnanas, May.
The specimens agree with a good series IVdui Merida and the (Iriniico vaUey
(Ciudad Bolivar, Quiribana de ( 'aicai'a ami I'eiico), wliieii I inid comiiared with the
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t_V[M? (if .S'//v> rr>iei</rr(i Spix. Like P. c. dcciisstitd (Ijclit.), this i'orui has no fox-red
jilia.se, lint (lid'ers hy its slight!}- snialler size, piiKr njiper jiarls in all plumages,
mid less Imfiy mixture on the lower surface.
147. Buteo albicaudatus albicaudatus (Viciii.).
Iltiltn tilhitiiatliiliia Vieillot. Xoiir. iini. iv. (IKlii) p. 477 (ex Azara- Paraguay).
One S from ('hajfiianas, August ; and one jiair from the outskirts of Port of
Spain, Slareii.
None of the three siie('iraena is (piite adnlt, thougii in the two males the
wlioje hreast and abdomen are luaiuly white, only the throat being blackish. In all
tiiree examples there is a large rnfous jiatch on the shoulders.
So far as I am aware, this is thf^ first reeord of the sjiecies for Trinidad.
Leotand clearly describes Buteo ubbieriatux Cab. s. nom. B. zoiiocfrciis, but Mr.
Andre has not sent ns the latter species.
1-ls. Urubitinga albicoUis (Lath.).
Falro albicoUis Latham, //«/. ()r>i. i. (17'J0) p. .'10 (■' Cayaua").
A single ? adnlt from (Miaguauas, Ajjril, exactly agreeing with other specimens
from ('nujana and N.E. Pern.
14'.i. Elanoides furcatus (Linn.).
Fiihofiirciiliix Linnaeus, Si/xl. A'lit. xii. 1 (IViifi) p. l'J9 (ex Catesby — Carolina).
One adult, not sexed, from T'hagnauas, July.
15(1. Harpagus bidentatus (Lath.).
Fdlcn hideiilaliishathim, Tnd. Orii. i. (17yO) p. :!8 (" C.ayana").
Two immature birds, one marked cJ, the other not sexed, from Chagnanas,
April an<l May.
ini. Ictinia plumbea ((Jm.).
Fiilmplumhius Gmelin, Si/sl, A^at. 1. i. (1788) p. 283 (ex Latli.am— Cayenne).
One d and one adult not sexed, from Chaguanas, April ;iuil May ; and one
c? from Seelet, Ajirii.
152. Falco peregrinus anatum P>p.
l^Falcn peregriinis Tunstall, Oni. lirilatm. (1771) p. I. (ex Brit. Zool.).]
Ftilin (iiiuliim Bonaparte, Omiji. Lixl Binh Eiir. and jV. Amei: p. 4 (18118. — ex Auilubou, pi. llj.
" Northern parts," sc. of North America).
0[\r Y ad. from Srelet, April 5, 1905.
l.');i. Columba speciosa (im.
Cnhimha xperiiim Gmelin, S;/st. A'al. I. ii. (1788) p. 78.3 (ex Bu Hon— Cayenne).
One i ad. from Aripo, 21)00 ft , May, aiul a female, collected by Mr. Carr near
Ohagnaiias, November 15, 1894.
Idcniicid with examjiles from I'ritish (iniana and ( 'ayenne. The s|)('ci('s has
as yet not been found on tlii' ojjposite Venezuelan coast, and might be looked upon
as an inlrmli'r from Guiana.
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1.".4. Columba rufiua rufiua Toraiu. & Knip.
Columha rufim, Temmiiic.k & Kiiip, /V""' '• f-i'"- ^ec. p. 59. tab. L'4 [1808-11: "La Guiane
f ran^aise "].
One J und two ? ? from Reolct,, A]ii-il. Tlio former has the nape pure
mctallie purple, instead of bronze -jjreen witli golden reflections, Imt tliere is
sometimes a sliglit pnrple adrai.xtnre to lie seen in sjieciraens from Rritisli (Jniiuiu.
In northern birds the tail is always nniformly pale brownish .C'rey, wliile those i'rom
Sonth 15razil have the basal portion blackish, in strons' contrast to the bidwiiish
grey apical band. The sonthern form ajipears to be entitled to the name ('. riijbia
si/lrestris Vieill.,* but I have not yet been able to compare typical Paraguay
skins.
C. r. nifiiiu is not found on the north coast of Venezuela, but it occurs also on
the island oif Tobago, wlience Mr. Andre sent us a fair series.
-ir);"). Cohxmbigalliua t rufipennis (Bp.).
Taljianilia nifiitciiiiis Bonaparte, 0'ii>ip. Ar. ii. (1S54) p. 70 (Carthagena).
Seven c?cJ ? ? from Caparo, April, and a single ? from Seelet, March.
They agree with a large series from (Uiniana, Tobago, and Bogota. From
Surinam tlie Tring Museum has lately received C. tnlpacoti (Temm. & Kuip).
In the Cat. Birds xxi. p. 4s7, the specific name nifpennis is wrongly attributed
to G. H. Gray, who never described the species. The first description was ]iublished
by Bonaj)arte ; consequently, spec, v", w" of the Brit. Museum cannot be the types !
156. Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez).
Perislern irretimn Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U.S. Mns. ix. 18SC (1887) p. 175 (ex Jalapa, Mexico).
One S ad. each from ( 'hagnaramas, January, and Laventille, A])ril. They
a^ree . perfectly with a large series from ( 'nraana and Brazil. I am unable to
separate the South American form from typical ( '. pretiosa e.x Mexico.
157. Leptotila verreauxi Bp.
Lejilnpiila verreauxi Bonaparte, Cmisp. Av. ii. (18£14) p. 73 (" Nova Granata ").
LqiUilila himlaris Richmond, Proe. U.S. .V«-'. xviii. 18'.l5 (18'JG) p. G59 (Margarita lit).
Two ? ? from Laventille, March, and one ? each from Pointe Gourde, January,
and Seelet, April.
They agree in colour and measurements with a series from Tobago, t'umana,
Margarita Island (L. insuluris) and the Orinoco valley. The differences between
( 'olombian and Venezuelan specimens, alluded to by Berlepsch & Hartert (A'ov.
Zool. ix. 1902. p. 118) do not appear to be constant; yet a larger series from
Bon-ota may jirove them to be separable. Anyhow, the birds from Trinidad, Tobago
and Venezuela are absolntely identical with the one from Margarita Island.
• Coltimha sijlirnlris Viuillot, A'l.HC. Diet. xxvi. (1818) p. 30(1 (ex Azara — I'aiagu.ay).
I t'l'Iiniihitjiiirttiu Boie, I.-rh ISLMl. p. !)77 (Species iinica : C. jjitssf-rinu Linn.).
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l-">8. Leptotila rufaxilla (Hicli. >t Bern.).
Cohimhn nifttoriVa Richard & Bernard, Ail. Soc. Uist. Nat. Paris i. (1792) p. 118 (Cayenne).
c? ? ?, Caparo, April ; c? ? , Cliagiianas, May ; ?, Valencia, Marcli.
Most of tlu'so specimeii.s are rather darlcer, more rufuns on foreneck and breast
than others from the mainland of Veneznela, lint the dill'irence is nut ijiiite
constant.
liiO. Geotrygou sp.
Pet-htrra frnmid (nee Tscliudi I) .Tardiiie, Ann. Miiij. Nal. Hid. xx. (1847) p. 374 (Tobago).
P. liiiearia (nee Prevost <t Knip !) Lrotand. 0/.v. Trinnhitl, p. .'i7.*i (Trinidad).
There can be scarcely any donlit that a species of (Jcofri/i/o/i inhabits the
monntainnns jiarts of Trinidad, althonn'ii it has not been collected there of late years.
Kirk sent it from Tobago, bnt, nnlbrtunately, his specimens seem to have been
lust — at least they are not in the Britisli nor in the Tring Jlnseum. As the nearest
allies occur in the Andes of Merida (G. liiiciiri.s i:('/ic:/tr/e/i.vs Salvad.) and
Colombia {G. I. linearis), the birds inhabiting Trinidad and Tobago form most likelv
a dillerent sjiecies or subspecies.
160. Pipile pipile (Jacqn.).
Criir pipilr Jacquin, Bri/li: GexiJi. Viigel (1784) p. 20. tali. 11. (1784: ''Am Orenokofluase bei
Kumana ") unde :
Pipile Jacqiiini Reicbenbach, Oiliimli. p. 154.
Penelope cuinanrnxix (uec Jacquin !) Li'otaiul, Oix, Triniihiil (ISl)!)) p. .'i8.^ (Trinidad).
r, pile pipilr Cliapman, Bull. Amn: Miis. vi. (1804) p. 74 (Trinidad); Ilvllmayr, Hull. Bril. Orn. CI.
xiv. No. 10-, (March 1904) p. f>;t (Trinidad).
One ?, killed at Caparo, Trinidad, Ajiril I'.i, 1'.)U2. "Iris brown, liill blade,
feet red." Wing, 345 ; tail, 30(J ; bill, 331 mm.
This bird is, no doubt, of the same species as those fignred by Jaciinin and
described by Leotaud and Chapman. As I have shown in a note, jinblished in the
Bull. Brit. CI. .\iv. p. 59, it is quite distinct from /'. CKm(nu'iini.'<, with which it has
generally been confounded. In fact, it is more nearly related to P. cujiilii (VAz.),
bnt there are some differences whicli serve to distingnish it at a glance. The
feathers of the pilenm are mainly blackish brown with only narrow while edges
laterally, which in P. ciijiili Ava much broailer; the middle upper wing-coverts are
])nre white except the extreme base and a large blackish brown tiji, while in
/'. r//y///!i/ they are blackish brown willi a short white stripe on each margin ; the
white on the greater series, too, is much more extended in the Trinidad bird,
occupying nearly the whole outer web except the dark-colonred tiji and reaching
almost to the shaft. In P. ci/Jiihi, however, there is only a narrow white margin
along the second third of the outer web. In the jiurplisli gloss of the jilnmage
both species agree, as they do also in the amonnt of the naked skin on the sides of
the head and on the throat. In both there are but very faint indications of white
edgings on some of the feathers on the foreneck. I may add that the bare skin of
the throat in the Trinidad specimen looks uniform dark grey, whih' in /', nijnhi
the lower jiart is decidedly reildish tlesh-coloiired. A better series of both species
is rctpiircd to confirm the constancy of this character or otherwise.
i'.7W«//fly« (Spix) is ijnite distinct from P. jii/iilc and /'. nijuhi, having the
chin and anteriiir ]iart of the throat as well as the sides of the head densely i-overed
with ileep black feathers. Moreover, the forehead is broadly black, and the feathers
of the |iili'nm have only hair-like blackish shaft-lines.
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The four known species oi Pi/Jile may be distingnislieJ liy the following key.
A. Sides of the head (except a narrow rim round the eye) as well as chin and
upper part of the throat thickly covered with deep black feathers. Fore-
head and superciliaries deep black. Pileum and crest with narrow,
liair-like blackish shaft-lines. Plumage dark brown, glossed with {mrjile.
Foreneck and breast strongly edged with white. . . . P.jacutiii[/a (Spix).
B. Lores, superciliary — and eye-region, cheeks and the whole throat naked,
only a broad malar stripe being feathered. Forehead never black.
a. Plumage glossed with green. Pileum and crest nniform huffy white,
or with hair-like blackish shaft-lines ... P. cumanensis (Jacqu.).
h. Plumage glossed with purple. Pileum and crest with broad blackish
brown stripes.
i'. White margins of the crest-feathers broader. Median series of
ujjper wing-coverts purplish brown, with a white margin on
each side ; greater series with a narrow white margin along the
second third of the outer web 1'. cujiihi (Pelz.).
b-. Crest-feathers blackish brown with only very narrow white edges.
Median series of upper wiug-coverts pure white, except the
extreme base and a distinct blackish brown tip ; greater series
on the outer webs white to the shaft excej)t the tip.
P. pipile (Jaciiu.).
101. Crypturus soui (Ilerm.) (subsj). ?)
Tinamiis sunt Ilcrmauu, Tab. Aff. Aniiii. 1783. pp. 11)4, 255 (ex Daubeuton, I'l. cid. 8"J'.l. — Oii/iiiiii).
Cnjpiuran pileidus auct.
One ? ad. and d juv. from Ca])aro, April ; two ? ¥ ad. and one S juv. from
Chaguanas, -June and January.
Tlie adult birds agree best with others from the Orinoco delta (Guauoco), wiiile
those from Cumana and British Guiana, as a rule, are rather lighter and brighter
beneath. A large series from different parts of its range is reqirircd for defining
the various geographical races into which C. soui is doubtless separable.
162. Eudocimus ruber (Linn.).
Taittalus riihcr hinnncus, Syst. Nat. xn. 1 (17(JG) p. 241 (syn. part.) ["in America": ex Bri^son
Cayecne) and Catesby (Bahamas). — We accept Cayenne as typical locality].
A single ? adult in red plumage, from Garoni Swamp, October.
1G3. Ajaja ajaja (Linn.).
riataka AJaJa Linnaeus, Syit. Nul. .xii. 1 (1706) p. 231 [ex Brisson (Cayenne), etc.].
A single young ? from the month of the Oaroni River, July.;
164. Herodias egretta (Gm.).
Airka Eijirtia Gnielin, Si/kI. Nat. 1. ii. (1788) p. 02i) [" iu insula S. Dominici, insulis Falkland
et America australi ad Louisianam." — We take Cayeinif (e.\ Buffou, Umelin's first and
principal source) as the typical locality].
Three S ad. from Caroni liiver, March and August. Identical with skins frem
Surinam.
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IC)."). Florida caeriilea (Linn.V
^ )■(/(■« '(/en; /<a Linnaeus, Sijsl. XhI. x. 1 (17o8) p. 143 ["in America scptontriouali." — We accept
as the typical habitat Carulina ex Catesby],
One ? ad. in the shity bliiisli, and c? ? in the white plnmage, all from
('aroui Swamp, Blarch. We have also a good series of both phases from Tobago.
106. Hydranassa tricolor rufimentum n. snbsp.
Agrees with 77. tricolor tricolor (P. L. S. Miill.) in size, but differs at a glance
by its much darker, blackish instead of slate-grey colour of the upper parts and
neck, and by having the chin like the whole middle line of the throat chestnut,
while the chin is always white in 77. t. tricolor and II. t. rujicollis. The chestnut
colour on the throat is also decidedly darker than in the two last-named subspecies.
Type in Tring Museum : " c? " i)erad. Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, March 22,
1UU2, E. Andre coll.— Wing. 214 ; tail, 73 ; bill, 85 mm.
Unfortunately Mr. Andre sent only one male of this interesting new form.
It differs, however, so strikingly from ten examples from Cayenne and Surinam
(true 77. t. tricolor), and from a good many specimens of 77. t. rujicollis that 1 feel
quite coutident as to its distinctness, and have no hesitation in describing it as
a different race. In both of its allies, the chin and more or less also the anterior
portion of the throat are white. The upper ])arts and the foreneck are always
bluish or slaty grey, while they are deep blackish in the Trinidad form,
and the elongated feathers on tlie rump are decidedly darker, more umber-brown,
in the latter.
We have thus to distiuguisli the following subsjjecies :
(a) lli/dranassa tricolor tricolor (P. L. S. Miill.).
Ardea tricolor P. L. S. Miiller, yatarsi/st. Sup pi. p. Ill (1 776 : ex Daubcnton,
PL eiil. 350.— Cayenne).
Arrlea leucogaster Boddaert, Tabl. PI. cnl. [i. 21 (1783 : based on the same).
H;ib. ('(njeniic : Roche Marie, etc. (Clierrie coll.) ; Surinam : near Paramaribo
(Pcnard coll, — Mus. Tring); J'.Zs. Bnizil: Cajutuba, near Para (Natterer coll.).
2 (? ad., Surinam. . Wing, 2i(t ; tail, 65 ; bill, 82, 85 mm.
8 from Cayenne . . „ 204 — 218; ,, OS — 78; „ 78 — 80 „
(Ij) Ilijdranassa tricolor rujimcnlum llellm.
Hab. Trinidad.
(c) 77. tricolor ruficollis (Gosse).
Ec/rctta rujicollis Gosse, JJirds Jamaica, j). 338, tab. 03 (1847 — Jamaica).
Hab. ^V'armer portions of Eastern JS'ortk America ; south tiirough Ccidrul
America to Panama and JV'. TP. Ecuador ; and the West Indies south U) Aruba, off
the north coast of Venezuela.
2 ad. (c? ? ) from Georgia .
I c? ad., Jamaica
1 ? ad., l.sje of Pine, Cuba
cj ad., Mexico . . . .
2 ((? ? ), Andros IsL, ]5ahamas .
1 S jr., Panama (Harris coll.) .
1 ad., Vaqueria, N.W. Ecuador.
1 ? ad., Aruba (Hartert coll.) .
^&j
263, 249 ;
tail,
92, 80 ;
bill, 102i, 99 mm.
260;
>j
86;
,, 97 mm.
245;
)i
84;
„ '■>'• „
26U ;
?)
92;
„ luu „
255, 238
' );
88, 82 ;
„ 99, 95 mm.
245;
)j
84;
„ 101 mm.
245;
jj
81 ;
„ ^'i „
236 ;
)>
82 ;
„ 93 „
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107. Nyctanassa violacea violacea (Linu.).
Anlea riuliircu Linnaeus, Si/tit. Nat, x. p. 143 [1758 : '' in Aiuorica septcutrionali." — Carolina (ex
Catesby) as typical locality accepted].
Three c? ? ? and one yoniig bird from Caroui Swaiii|), March, and Poiute
Gourde, January. We have also a fair series from Tobago.
168. Agamia agami (Gm.).
Ardea Aijaini Gmelin, Sjsf. Nut. 1. ii. (1788) p. IJ2'J [ex Biiffonand Daubenton. — Cayenne].
Two cJ ad. from Caroni kSwamp, August and September. Tiiey are rather
larger than others from Guiana and the Gaura lliver, Venezuela, but not otherwise
diiferent.
16'J. Nycticorox nycticorax naevius (Bodd.).
[Ardea Ni/dicora.c Linnaeus, Si/st. Nid. x. p. 142 (1758 : " in Europa au.strali ").]
Ardca naevia Boddaert, Tabl. Pi. cnl. p. 50 (1783 : ex Daubenton, PI. enl. 939. — Caijr.iiue).
One ? ad. and one young bird from Caroni Swamp, March.
170. Cancroma cochlearia Linn.
Cancmimi C'ic/ilmria Liun;iciis, Sysl. Xnl. xii. 1. p. 233 (17liG : ex Brisson. — Cayana).
2 t? ad., 1 d juv. and 1 ? juv. from Caroui Swamp, March. Tliey are
ajiparently not ditl'erent from Cayenne skins.
171. Butorides virescens (Linn.) an snbsp. ?
Ardea virescens Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. x. (1758) p. 141 [ex Sloane (Jamaica) and Catesby (Carolina)].
Three immature birds from Caroni, March, and Chaguaramas, January.
As far as I know, this sjiecies has not been taken before on tlie island of
Trinidad ; but since Mr. Andre sent only young birds, I cannot determine to which
of the numerons subspecies they should be referred. I may remark, however, that
the Tring Museum received from Tobago a good series of what appears to be true
B. virescens,
172. Ardetta erythromelas (Vieill.).
Ardea enjthromchiH (err. typ.) Vieillot, Nniw. Diet. xiv. (1817) p. 422 (ex Azara No. 3(i0. —
Paraguay).
1 ? ad., c? juv., and a young bird not sexed, all from Caroni Swamp,
March and April. The adult specimen agrees well with others from S. Paulo and
Surinam.
173. Botaiirus pinnatus (Wagl.).
Ardea piniiuliis Wagler, his 1829. p. 602 (" in Brasiliae in'ovincia Bahia ").
A single adult c? from Caroui Swamp, killed March 14, 1002. " Iris golden
yellow." It agrees with another adult S from Aunai, British Guiana.
174. Plotus anhinga Linn.
.V.((. xii. 1. p. 218 (17*
A single 6 from Caroni Swamp, February.
Plotus anhinga Linnaeus, Sijsl. Nai. xii. 1. p. 218 (1700 : ex Marcgrave, Brazil ; and Brisscc
Cayenne).
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175. Podilymbus podiceps (Liun.)-
Cobjmhus Podii-rps Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. x. p. 136 (1758 : ex Catesby. — Carolina).
A single ? from Caroni Swamp, February.
170. Rallus longirostris longirostris (BoiW.).
Rallus loiigirodrh Boddaert, Tabl. I'l. cnl. p. 52 (1783 : ex Daubenton, PI. eiil. 840— Cayenne).
6 c?t? ? ?, from Caroni and Caroni Swamp, March and April.
Unfortunately there are no Cayenne skins available for comparison.
Several specimens from Western Ecuador, collected in February and September,
differ at a glance by their much paler, pnre olive-grey upper parts, without any
trace of the brownisli tint to be seen in the Trinidad series. They agree well with
Taczanowski's description of R. ci/percti* which therefore has to stand as a distinct
subspecies. I am not so confident as to the distinctness of R. I. crassirostriti Lawr.
of Eastern Brazil, for one specimen from S. Paulo does not show the characters
assigned to this form by Mr. Sliarpe, but a good series may prove it to be another
recognisable race. The distribution of the three forms, then, would be as follows :
1. R. longirostris longirostris (Bodd.).
Cayenne, British Guiana, Trinidad.
2. R. lonijirostris crassiro.stris Lawr.
Eastern Brazil : Bahia, Pernambuco, S. Paulo : Iguape (spec, in Mus. Tring).
3. R. longirostris ajpereti Tacz.
West Ecuador : Vacqueria (Mus. Tring) ; N.AV. Peru : Tumbez (Stolzmanu).
177. Limnopardalus maculatus (Bodd.).
Rallus maculatus Boddaert, Tail. PI. ait. p. 48 (1783 : ex Daubenton, PI. oil. 775 — Cayenne).
1 c? from Caroni, April, and another c? from Caroni Swamp, March.
Identical with specimens from Surinam and British Guiana.
178. Aramides axillaris Lawr.
Aramkles nxilhiria Lawrence, Proc. Pintail. ^Irail. 1803. p. 107 (Baranciuillu, North Colombia).
1 (?, ~ ? ?, from Caroni, May ; and 1 ? juv. from Chaguaramas, January.
The adults agree with another old male from Merida, Venezuela, in every
respect; but I have not been able to compare tojiotypical skins from Northern
Colombia.
The sexes of this si)ecies do not differ in size or in colour.
179. Aramides cajanea (P. L. S. Miill.).
Fulka cajaiiea P. L. S. MuUer, Niitur.ii/sl. Sujijd. (177C) p. 110 (ex Daubenton, PI. int. 352 —
Cayenne).
1 c? ad. from Caroni Swamj), March. In addition to it, the Tring Museum
possesses an adult ? from Savannah Grande, collected in February by Ur. Percy
llendall.
These specimens agree very well with others from Surinam and British Guiana.
* P. Z. S. 1877, p, 717 (Tumbez, N.W. I'uru).
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180. Gallinula galeata galeata (Lcht.).
Crex gtileala Lichtenstein, Verz. Duhl. p. 80 (1823— San Paulo).
One S ad. from Caroni, April ; and another S from C'aroni Swamp, March.
They agree iu colour and diiiiension.s with several examples from South Brazil.
G. (J. fjiirmnni Allen, of Lake Titicaca, Fern, is easily known by its much larger
size, stouter and larger bill, and p-eDerally blacker plumage.
LSI. Porphyriola martinica (Linn.).
Fulica iiKirliinra Linnaeus, Syni. Nat. xii. 1. (170C), p. 259 ("in Martinicae inundatis").
1 (J ad. and 1 ? juv. from Caroni, March and April.
182. Parra jacana jacana (Linu.).
Parra Jacana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, xii. 1. (1766) p. 259 [(excl. quot. Hernandez) ex Marcgrave and
Edwards. — Surinam : ex Edwards].
One c? and two young birds from Caroni Swamp, April, and a single ? ad.
from Seelet, April, agreeing best with specimens from Valencia, Venezuela.
Typical skins from Surinam are perhaps rather lighter on the back, but are
otherwise not different. P. j. melunopi/f/ia Scl. and P. j. variabilis Linn, are
undoubtedly but geographical representatives of P.j. jacana, and thus more pro-
perly designated by trinomials. Strange to say, one of them (variabilis) has been
made the type of a separate genus, Asarcia Sharpe ! ! -which, we trust, will only be
recognised by those affected with furor ffeneriacs.
183. Arenaria interpres (Linn.).
Tihir/a Tiili'i-jires Linnaeus, Si/U. Nal. x. p. 148(1758: "in Europa et America septentrionali." —
We accept Sweden as typical locality : ex Fauna suec. 154).
1 ? from Seelet, April.
184. Ochthodromus wilsonia rufinucha (Ridgw.).
[Charadriun viUonia Ord : in Wilson, Amcr. Oni. ix. (1814), p. 77. tab. 73, fig. 5 ("Cape Island
New Jersey").]
Acffialilh Wils'iuius var. riifinurha Ridgway, -twice. Nat. viii. (1874), p. 109 (.Jamaica).
4 <S ad. and 2 $ ? from Seelet, April.
All the males have a broad black jugular band, slightly mixed with pale
rufous, and a black patch on the crown just behind the white forehead. The sides
of the head are bright rusty. In the females the blackish crown patch is wanting,
and the jugular cross-band is bright rusty like the cheeks and ear-coverts.
Tills bird is by no means only a winter visitor to the tropics, as Mr. Sharpe seems
to think, for Mr. Hartert found it breeding in numbers on the islands Arnba and
Bonaire, Dutch West Indies.
18.5. Aegialitis semipalmatus (Bp.).
Cliaradrius snnijHiImalus Bonaparte, " Obs. Wilson, 1825, No. 219."*
3 (JcJ, 1 ?, from Seelet, April.
' I have not been able to verity' the .ibove quotation.
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ISO. Symphemia semipalmata ((Jm.).
Scoloixix semipulmata Gmelin, Sysl. Nat. 1. ii. p. GjO (1788—" in Noveboraco ').
Two ? ? from Seelet, April.
1»T. Totanus flavipes (Um.).
Scolopax flavipes Gmelin, ^ijft. Nut. 1. ii. p. G59 (1788 ; "in Noveboraco").
1 cJ and 5 ? ? from C'aroni Swamp, March.
188. Totanus macularius (Linn.).
Ti'inya maniJaria Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1. p. '240 (17G6 : ex Edwards — Europa (errore !), " et
America septentrionali," ac. Pennsylvania (fide Edwards).
A small series nf both sexes from Pointe Gourde, January; Seelet, April;
Caroui, March ; and tUiagnaramas, January.
189. Barti'amia longicauda (Bechst.).
Triiign loiKjimuda Bechstein, Lcithams Uhcrs. ViJijel iv. (1811), p. 453 (Nordamcrika).'
A single c? from Seelet, April.
190. Ereunetes pusillus pusillus (Linn.).
Tringa jmsilla Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. xii. 1. p. 2b2 (1760 : ex Brisson — Domingo).
3 <?(? and 1 ? from Seelet, April ; and 2 ? ? from Caroui Swamp, March.
191. Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis Lawr.
Ereunetes occiihiitalh Lawrence, Proc. Acad. I'liilad. 1804. p. Iu7(" Pacific Coast, Oregon, and
California ").
Seven specimens (cJ cJ and ? ?) from Seelet, April.
192. Tringa minutilla Vieill.
Ti-inga minntilhi Yieillot, Nain: Dirt. xx.\iv. (181!)) p. 400 [" a Halifax, ct dans la Nonvelle-
Eco.sse '').
Two ? ? from Seelet, A])ril.
193. Querquedula discors (Linn.).
Anas dixi'ors Linnaeus, Sy.i/. A'lit. xii. 1. p. '205 [1700: "in America septentrionali": ex Brown
(J.imaica) and Catesby (Carolina).]
1 (? and 3 ? ? fr(im ('aroni Swamp, Octolier.
194. Nomonyx dominicus (Linn.).
Anas dominica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1. p. 201 [1700 : " in America meridional " : ox Brisson,
Dominica, and Hernandez, Mexico],
One cJ ad. and one young bird from C'aroni Swaraj), March.
The old bird agrees exactly with another from Peruambuco.
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195. Sterna fluviatilis Naura. (an subsp. ?).
Slfrmifliiviiililis Naumann, Isin 1819. p. 1848 (no locality).
A single ? from Seelet, March,
The form inhabiting the tropical portions ofSonth America is perhajis separable
as a subspecies. (Cfr. Hartert, Ibis 1893. p. 309.)
lOCi. Phaetusa magnirostris (Lciit.).
Steriiii miii/iiirot/ris Lichtenstein, Verz. Dubl. p. 81 (1823 — Brazil).
Three immature ? ? from Port of Spain, .June, agreeing with mainland
specimens in corresponding plumage.
197. Ryiichops nigra cinerascens Spix (?)
[_Ri/nrlinj)s nigra lAnntiens, SysL Naf. x. p. 1.^8 (1758: "in America." — We accept Carolina (ex
Catesby) as typical habitat).]
R. cinerascens Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 80. tab. cii. (1825 : " in locia ripariis Hum. Ama-imnm ").
R. melanuru auct.
One nearly adult S and two young birds marked c? and ? from Port of Spain,
Juno.
The specimen in most advanced plumage agrees with the adult male from
Caicara, Orinoco, spoken of by Berlepsch and Hartert,* in having pale wliitish ashy
under wing-coverts and broad white tips to the secondaries. An adult bird from
Manaos, Amazons, which doubtless represents typical i?. cinerascens, has much
darker, smoky brown under wing-coverts, and very narrow whitish apical
margins on the secondaries. One S from Cumanji is quite similar, and therefore
I doubt the possibility of separating the Venezuelan form as a dilferent subspecies.
198. Larus atricilla Linn.
Lnriis atricilla Linnaeus, Sijst. Nat. x. p. 1.3G (1758 : " in America," sc. Carolina — ex Catesby).
One pair of adults and one immature c?, all obtained at Port of Spain
harbour, June 1903. Mr. Andrd sent also a good series from Tobago.
II.^LIST OF THE SPECIES OCCURRING ON THE ISLANDS OF MONOS
AND CHACACHACARE, BUT NOT FOUND ON TRINIDAD.
Unfortunately, we know as yet very little about the ornis of the small islands
lying between Trinidad and the Paria peninsula. It is not improbable that some of the
sj)ecies treated of in the next chapter might yet be discovered on one of these islets.
So far as I am aware, the only naturalists who ever visited them were Chapman and
Taylor. The former collected several birds on Monos Island, the latter spent a few
days on Chacachacarc. Both collectors obtained a number of species which have
never been taken on Trinidad, but are common residents on the opposite coast of
Venezuela.
* Aia: Ximl. ix. (1302) p. \?.2.
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1. Spinus cucullatixs (Swains.).
Chapman observed two specimens on Monos Island. Tlio Tring Musenm
received a large series from the state of Cumana, Venezuela. There is no record of
its occurrence in Trinidad. The " Trinidad " specimens in the r.ritish Museum are of
the well-kuuwu " Orinoco "-make, and came eertainlv not from the island.
-'. Phaeomyias incomta (('ah. & Heine).
Myiopalix nemifiixca Chapman, Jliil/. Aiiier. Mns, vi. (1804) p. .'58 (Mouos Island).
P/ii/llomi/ids semi/ti6ca Taylor, Jbis 18G4. p. 86 (Triuidad).
Chapman found this species only on Monos Island. Its occurrence on Trinidad
proper requires confirmation.
About the nomenclature of the species cfr. Tor. Zool. ix. (1902) p. 41.
3. Sublegatus fasciatus glaber Scl. & Salv.
Siihlegiittis ylaber Chapman, Bull. Amn: Mas. vi. (1894) p. .j'j.
Found by Chapman on Monos Island.
4. Empidochanes fascatus cabanisi (Ldotaud).
Emphloclumes cabanisi Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mas. vi. (18ll4) p. 41 (Monos Island).
Chapman found it on Monos Island not uncommon. Leotaud had only a single
specimen before him, which perhaps was also obtained on one of the outlying-
islands.
Chapman {Bull. Amer. Mus. vi. p. 42) separated the Tobago form as E. c.
canescens [= zireoninus Ridgw. 1886 ! ex Tobago], but the differences pointed out
by him do not exist. "We have both from the Orinoco (Altagracia) and from Tobago
brown-backed specimens with pale yellow uuderparts as well as grey-backed ones
with a nearly white belly. The same observation has been made by Conut Dalmas
{Mem. Soc. Zool. France xiii. lUUO, p. 139 : E. arenaceus).
5. Formicivora intermedia intermedia Cab.
Taylor, Ih,^, 18(U. p. 85 (Chacachacare).
H. Taylor found it " abundant in the low, dry bush of the small island
Chacachacare," though he did not tiud it elsewhere.
We have a large series from Cuman^. On Tobago it is represented by the
much larger and darker /''. intermedia tobagensis Dalmas {Mem. Soc. Zool. France
xiii. 19U0, p. 141).
III.— HYPOTHETICAL LIST.
In the following pages I give a critical list of those species which have
erroneously been recorded for Trinidad, or the occurrence of which has yet to be
proved. Some of them observed by Leotaud may be occasional stragglers from the
mainland, others may yet be discovered in the mountains of the northern part of
the island.
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1. Turdus flavipes venezuelensis (Sharpe).
Merida venezuelensis Sharpe, Moiinqr. Tunl. ii. (lUOO) p. 83 [Venezuela].
J/, mehiimpleum, idem, I.e. p. 87 ["Trinidad "— errore !]
Turdus flavipes (nee Vieillot !) Taylor, Ibis 18G4. p. 80 ; Leotaud, Ois. TrinuUi!, p. lOO.
L^otand states that the species does not breed on the island and occurs only
between the months of Augnst and April, It is strange that neither Chapman nor
Andre's collectors ever met with it.
I have shown* that specimens similar to that described by .Sharpe as
M. melanopleiva may be found in Venezuela as well as in South Brazil, the
distinguishing characters of the supposed species being only those of the very adult
male. Having examined the type in the British Museum, the last doubts as to its
identity with vcncx-iu'li'iis/s are now removed, for the type turns out to he a skin of
the well-known " Orinoco "-make, and certainly never came from Trinidad !
2. Turdus xanthoscelus Jard.
Timhis xanthoscelus Jardine, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. (1847) p. 329 [Tobago].
According to Leotaud, this species is an occasional visitor to Trinidad, but
neither Ohaiuuau nor Audrey collected it on the island. This tlirush is strictly
confined to Tobago. The specimens from the Roraima Mts., Britisli Guiana,
referred by Sharpe to 7'. xanthoscelus, differ from the typical Tobago scries by their
much smaller size (wing 110— 112, instead of 117 ; tail 83—88, instead of 98 mm.),
weaker and shorter bill and much more glossy plumage. They are perhaps not
separable irom T. lencojis Tacz., but a better series should be examined.
3. Euphonia nigricoUis (Vieill.).
Although Leotaud says it is pretty common, it has not been met with by any
of the more recent travellers who visited the island. It is also included in Taylor's
list with the remark : "much less abundant than on the main."
4. Piranga testacea faceta Bangs.
Piranf/afii(!et(( Bangs, rmr. Biol. Sor. Was!,, xii, (1898) p. Ul [Santa Marta, Colombia].
Pyranija hepatim (nee Swainson !) Lrotand, Ois. Trinidad, p. 291 [Trinidad].
I'iranya liaemalea (nee Salvin & Godman !) Chapman, Bull. Amey. Mas. vi. (1894) p. 30 [Trinidad] ;
Allen, Ball. Amer. Mas. xiii. (1900) p. 168 [Santa Marta],
I have not seen as yet any authentic Trinidad specimen, but Ldotand describes
a bird which seems to belong to the above species, of which there is a good series
from Cumana in the Tring Museum. It is easily known from P. t. testacea by its
much lighter, orange-vermilion underparts, and is in no way to be confounded with
P. t. liaemalea of the Roraima Mountains, British Guiana, as has been done by
Allen and Chapman. The latter ditiers very little from typical testacea, while
P. t. faceta is much paler and brighter everywhere than its two allies.
Ldotand adds that this species is only a visitor to the island.
• Juurii.J'. Oriiith. 1902, p. 07.
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5. Sporophila bouvronides (Loss.).
PyrrhiUi hniin-nnides Lesson, Triuli- il'Orn., 1S31. p. 4.50 [no locality given].
Spermojihila Icxxotii Finsch, P. Z. .S. 1870. p. 582 [" Trinidad "— errore !].
Sj>ermoj>liila trhiilulis Sharpe, Cut. Ilh-ih lirit. yrus. xii. {1888) p. 132 [" Trinidad '—errore !].
S. bottvronoides L^otaud, Ois. Trinkkul, p. 318 (Trinidad).
Noitbcr C'liaiiman nor Andre pollorted this species, and the type of S. trinitatis
Sharpe did also not come from Trinidad, but is of the usual " Orinoco "-make.
The only anthority for its occnrrence on the island i.s Leotand, who says tliat it is
fonnd in company with S. jninuta, but less common.
I cannot see any reason for not accei)ting Lesson's term hoiaronuks. The
description answers well to the species with uniform black pilenm (cfr. " tete et cou
noir "), no mention being made of a white crown stripe. Even if Lesson's name
should be rejected, then Fiusch's designation lessoni would have precedence over
trinitatis Sharpe.
S. bourronides is certainly only a straggler from the mainland, but an adult
male, collected by Leotand, on Trinidad, is preserved in the Paris Museum.
As I will show in another paper, S. ocellatn and S. amazonica arc identical
with S. bouvronides, which, however, apjiears to be specifically distinct from
S. lincola, both species being found together at various localities. For want of
material, these birds are very unsatisfactorily treated of in the Catalogue of Birds.
'i. Carduelis phoeniceus Bonap.
Erroneously recorded from Trinidad in the Cat. Birds, xii. p. 166. The Tring
Museum received a large series of both sexes from the vicinity of Cumaiui.
The species is not known to occur elsewhere, unless C. grajiudensis Lafr. of New
Granada be the same.
7. Mionectes olivaceus Lawr.
Elnnia strkilicfiUis Wotaud, Ois. TiiiiidiiJ, p. 238 (Trinidad).
Mionectes olivaceus Chapman, Bull. Amer. Miis. vi. (1894) p. 38.
The claims of this species to be included in the avifauna of Trinidad rest
upon the single specimen recorded by Leotaud. It has been examined and
identified by Chapman. Li the Tring Museum there is a good scries of M. o/iraeciis
from Cumaui'i.
8. Pachyrhamphus albogriseus Scl.
Taylor, Ibis 18i;4. p. 87 (" Trinidad ").
There can be no doubt that the bird obtained by Taylor has been wrongly
identified as F. albogriseus. This species occurs only in the Andes of C'olombia
and Ecuador, and its occurrence on Trinidad is simply impossible. 1 suppose the
specimen really belonged to P. ru/us (Bodd.) (= cincreus auct.), of which there is
an adult male from Cumana in the Tring Jluseum. In the Catalogue of Birds
two 6 ad. of this species are recorded from Trinidad, but they are most probably
so-called "Orinoco" skins, which, in many collections, are labelled "Trinidad."
Neither C!hapmau nor Ai.dn' met with any l'ar/,i/r/aimp//u.f of this grou|i, hence
the occurrence of B. ru/us remains to Ijc confirmed.
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0. Dendrocolaptes altirostris Leotaud.
0/s. Tnnhhnl, p. IOC.
The description of tbis species, as given hy Leotand, agrees well with Dendrorms
susiz/'raiii susiirraiis (Jard.), so far as c'oloration is concerned, but the bill is said
to be " blanc de corne." I do not know what to make of this bird ; I can hardly
believe, however, that there is a species of Dendrocolaptes on Trinidad, not found
again since Ltotand's time.
As the type is now in the collectiim of the Boston Society of Natnral History,
the matter could easily be settled by our American fellow-workers.
10. Dendroplex pious (Gm.).
Although Leotaud says it is common, it has not been obtained by any of the
recent collectors.
n. Cercomacra maculicaudis (i^cl.) [= nigricans Scl.].
There cannot be the slightest doubt that this species has been wrongly
assigned to Trinidad. It occurs only on the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador
and C'olombia, extending northwards to Panama.
1:^. Campylopterus ensipennis (Swains.).
In the Catalogue of Birds xvi. p. 290, and again in the Tierreich, Trochilid.
p. 31, this species is recorded from Trinidad, evidently on the strength of some
specimens in the British Museum labelled " Trinidad." These are skins of the
so-called " Orinoco "-make, and the occurrence of C. ensipennis on the island is not
yet ]iroved, although it is common both on the Paria coast and on Tobago.
13. Agyrtria albiventris (Less.).
The two examples in the British Museum from " Trinidad " are also so-called
"Orinoco" skins (cfr. Salvin, Cat. B. xvi. p. 186: Agyrtria riridissima). As yet
there is no proof that the species ever occurs in Trinidad, nor is it found on the
Paria coast.
14. Chrysuronia oenone oenone (Less.).
This species has without doubt been wrongly indicated as occurring in Trinidad,
although Lesson described it from that island. The examples in the British
Bluseum labelled " Trinidad " are again so-called " Orinoco " skins.
15. Thalurania refulgens Gould.
In nearly all works on Humming-birds we find Trinidad as the only locality
mentioned for this species, but as neither Leotaud nor any of the more recent
collectors ever met with it there, we may safely exclude it from the ornis of the
island. The Triug Museum received a very large number of skins from the state of
Cumand, N.E. Venezuela, and this is the only exact place known hitherto.
10. Chaetocercus jourdani (Bourc).
Calnlhornr enicuniR (neo Vieillot !j Luotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 143 (Trinidad).
Leotaud's bird belonged without doubt to the above species, as may easily be
seen from the description of the tail : " rocttrices noires ; dn roux snr la barbe
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interne de la base an milieu . . . ; la pins ezterieure est conrte et finit en
pointe."
This can never refer to CalUphlox ametlii/stina with which Chapman and Salvin
identified Leotand's description.
Besides Leotand's, we have no other record of this species occnrring on
Trinidad. The only specimens with exact localities I have seen are those in Tring
(1 c?, 1 ?), which were collected near CumanA b_v one of Mr. Andre's men.
IT. Chaetura spinicauda (Temm.).
Chapman, BiiV. Amrr. Mus. vi. p. rjS (Trinidad).
I have not seen any specimens from Trinidad, and I jj^reatly donLt its occnrrence
there. It is not obvions from Ciiapraan's account whetlier lie got an example of
the species, and its claims to be included in the ftiuna of Trinidad cannot be
considered as established.
IS. Cypseloides rutilus (Vieill.).
Neither Chapman nor Andre's collectors ever met with this remarkable bird,
bnt according to the former ornithologist, there is one specimen in Leotand's
collection. The French naturalist, however, leaves it an ojten question whether it
breeds on the island or not, and after all it may be only a straggler there.
19. Chordeiles acutipennis acutipennis (Bodd.).
Althongh Leotand (p. 7(1) says that this species is the most common of all
Goatsuckers, it has not been observed either by Chapman or Andre. From his
observations it is evidently only a winter visitor.
20. Podager nacunda (Vieill.).
According to Leotaud (]). 79) it is a common winter visitor between the months
of July and October.
21. Chrysoptilus punctigula (Bodd.).
Erroneously recorded from Trinidad in the Cat. Birds xviii. p. \\C^. The
species occurs only in Cayenne and Surinam. On the Orinoco River and in
Veneznela, near Valencia, a nearly allied form, C. p. puKCtipcctus Cab. & Heine,
takes its place.
22. Coccyzus pumilus Strickl.
This species, although descrilied as coming from " Trinidad," is now ascertained
to be only an inhabitant of the upper Orinoco valley and the eastern slopes of the
Andes in Colombia. I have seen a large number of Bogota skins. Tiic original
locality was doubtless erroneous.
23. Urochroma hueti (Temm.).
According to Leotaud (p. 332) this species, " est de passage ici, et encore
ne vient-elle nons visiter qn'5,de long intervalles." I have never seen a specimen
from Trinidad.
( «1 )
NEW BEEPANULIDAE, THYBIDIDAE, TJRANIIDAE, AND
GE03IETIIIDAE, FROM ERITISH NEW GUINEA.
BY W. WARREN, M.A., F.E.S.
ri'^HE insects were collected by A. S. Meek at the Aiigabiuiga River, an udlnent
-L of the St. Joseph River, British New Gninea, at an elevation of OUOLI ft.
and upwards, from November 19U4 to February 1905. It is a marvellous
collection, the number of new species being beyond all expectation.
Family DREPANULIDAE.
1. Callidrepana discipunctata spec. uov.
Forewing : rather deep yellow ; from two-thirds of inner margin a band of
three lines runs straight and oblique to below vein 8 ; the central line broadly
brown, the inner and outer slender, the pale interval before the outer slightly
lustrous ; below 8 the inner and central lines are retracted to costa and the outer
bent outwards ; dark spots on the veins represent the submarginal line ; ape.\ and
fringe above it brownish fulvous ; cell-mark formed of two brown-edged aunuli.
Ilindicing : with the band central, but not reaching above vein 4 ; costal area
paler yellow.
Underside fulvous yellow, paler towards inner margins ; both wings with a
ronud brown cell-spot, and traces of a straight brown outer line, running from
apex in forewing, and from three-fourths of costa in hindwing, hardly reaching
below middle.
Thorax, abdomen, and legs like wings ; upper half of face black, lower half
yellow.
Expanse of wings : 50 mm.
1 ?.
2. Callidrepana superba si)ec. nov.
Forewimf : jjale nnspeckled ochreous; from three-fifths of inner margin an
oblique olive-brown band runs straight to below vein 7 ; this band consists of a dark
olive fine line on the inner edge, separated by a pale interval from a broader and paler
olive line, which is edged externally by a somewhat diffuse line of silvery scales ;
before vein 7 the inner dark line is widely retracted to costa and becomes obsolete ;
the outer line develops into a wide shallow red-brown costal blotch with jialer
centre, the lustrous line forming a large bright spot below it; submarginal line
represented by a series of olive-brown wedge-shaped marks on the veins, the
whole marginal .area, especially towards apex, slightly deeper tinged ; apex and
fringe dark olive-brown, (lie fringe becoming jialer towards anal angle ; cell-sjiut
double, formed of a bent line of silvery scales on the upper arm of discocellular,
and a spot at the lower end.
Ilindwintj : with the olive band central, not reaching above vein G; the
submarginal spots more distinct, the marginal area beyond them distinctly olive-
brown.
( ea )
Underside with the band nmber-brown, very thick on hindwiug, not reaching
inner margin in either wing, filling up the apex of forewing, the inner edge
forming a pale-centred loop on costa followed by a round i)ale sjwt ; suhmnrginal
line vi.silde only in forewing and there not below vein 2 ; a, brown marginal
line on forewing to vein 2, broader on hiudwing ; fringe brown on forewin;:, jiale
on hindwing ; costa of forewing towards base yellowish.
Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs ochreons ; upper half of ftice brown ;
forelegs tinged with l)rown.
Expanse of wings : 00 mm.
1 ?.
Hyalospectra gen. nov.
ForewitH/: costa curved ; ajjcx dejiressed, bluntly rounded ; hindmargin bluntly
elbowed in middle, concave above, oblique below.
Uindw'nuj : bluntly angled at middle of hindmargin.
Antennae pectinated in ?, with stiff parallel pectinations to two-thirds, ai)ical
third simple ; palpi quite short ; tongue and frenulum present ; hiudtibiae with
two spurs only.
Neuration : forewing, cell more than half as long as wing ; upper and lower
third of discocellnlar vertical, middle oblique ; first median uervule at one-half,
second at four-fifths, both curved downwards at origin ; lower radial from the
lower angle of discocellnlar; 6 stalked with 7, 8, 9, from the depressed end of
.subcostal; lO and 11 close together from cell, 10 anastomosing wath 8, 0:
hindwing, 7 from long before end of cell, shortly anastomosing with 8.
^Vings sparsely scaled, with large hyaline discal patches.
Type : Ilijalospectra grisca spec. nov.
3. Hyalospectra grisea spec. nov.
Forewing ; hyaline ; the basal area, the costal area above subcostal vein, and
the hindmarginal border clothed with sparse grey scales ; at about one-third from
base a dark paler-edged lunulate-dcutatc line, toothed outwards on the veins ;
in the grey marginal area a lunulatc-dentate dark line, running out from costa
at three-fourths and below middle forming the limit of the hyaline space ; this
space is roughly four-lobed, comprising the outer half of cell and the inner half
of all the intervals between veins 2 and 8 ; a round hyaline marginal spot between
3 and 4, and the marginal area below apex semibyaline ; a dark grey marginal
line, spotted on the veins ; fringe pale grey.
Ilinchciny: grey, with the base, an angled band beyond middle, and the
marginal spot between 3 and 4 hyaline.
Underside hyaline, the marginal area grey, the l)asal only showing through.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey, ftice and antennae jialer.
Exi)ause of wings : 30 mm.
1 ?.
4. Oreta patiens spec. nov.
i. Forewinij: dark fawn-grey, with numerous transverse darker striae and
si)eckles ; costa with two blackish blotches, one nearly at middle, the other at
two-thirds ; from the first a diffuse dark central shade arises, which is bent at
cud of cell ; from the second a fine outer line arises, angled at vein C then
( fi3 )
oblique inwards (in the type S this line is very indefinite) ; discal mark a line
of faint bUiisli shining scales ; along vein 5 a pale chestnut-brown streak extends
to an oblique subiuarginul whitish mark ; a dark blotch at anal angle ; this blotch,
as well as the apical area, is stndded with flaky white scales ; fringe rufous
brown, tipped in places with shining white scales.
Hindtving : redder, with a broad darker central band, and with dark s])ccks
between the veins ; fringe deep red-brown.
Underside deep dull reddish, coarsely black-spotted between the veins ; the
black outer line on forewing and central on hindwiug well marked, as well as
the white submarginal streak.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; underneath and legs reddish.
¥. Much larger and paler, with scarcely any red tinge ; the outer line
on forewing black and well defined, produced as a central line across hindwing ;
underside pale whitish brown, with coarse black speckling and black thick
oblique line.
Expanse of wings : c? 30 mm. ; ¥ 40 mm.
1 c?,l S.
Family 77/ ) 7? IDT DAE.
5. Addaea maculata spec. nov.
Forewniq : yellowish straw-colour, with some faint pale brownish striae between
the veins ; costal edge brown dotted with pale ; base of cell brown ; a broad brown
band from just bej'ond middle of costa to before middle of inner margin, followed
below middle of wing by a grey-brown blotch reaching anal angle ; traversed
at middle by a narrow darker band, the upper part of which starts faintly from
costa just beyond middle shade ; a series of brown triangular spots along margin ;
fringe straw-colour.
Hindwing : with central shade thick, unaccompanied by a blotch ; in marginal
area one brown and three paler lines visilde.
Underside yellower, with the bands and markings pule red-brown and very
regular.
Head, shoulders, and base of patagia deep brown ; thorax and abdomen
straw-colour ; fifth dorsal segment deep brown, sixth brownish.
Expanse of wings : 26 mm.
1 ?.
0. Banisia quinquelineata sj)ec. nov.
Forctciiig : jiale uchreous, rather glossy; traversed by very fine grey wavy
lines or striatious, and by five brown lines or thin bands, oblique outwards fnim
costa, angled on subcostal vein, then oblique inwards and waved; down the pale
intervals between them a darker central line forming small black patches between
the veins ; a series of large marginal brown spots ; fringe brown.
Hindwing : with only the two inner lines clear ; fringe brown.
Underside with the straw ground-colour paler, and the brown lines and black
speckling much brighter.
Head and forelegs dark brown ; vertex, thorax, and al)domen straw-colour.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
3 33.
( M )
7. Brixia quartaria sj)ec. nov.
Forewing : oclircous, nuiformly snffnsed, except along costa, with pale brown :
crossed b)' four or five darker bands more or less interlacing laterally, two
antemcdian and two postmedian being plainer, and brown-edged on costa ; tlie
paler intervals with faint traversing lines ; fringe pale.
Himhciiii/ : with the costal area above median vein like forewing ; below with
three broad deep brown bands, basal, median, and marginal, the intervals whitish
with a i)ale line in middle ; fringe ochrcons, darker at base, especially towards
anal angle.
Underside of forewing snfFnscdly pale brown, sluiwing no markings ; of
liindwing with the pale and dark markings amplified and very distinct.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochrcons, sometimes tinged with jiale brown ;
dorsum marked with brown ; face, palpi, j)ectus, legs, and underside of abdomen
deep brown.
E.xpanse of wings : S 22 mm. ; ? L'6 mm.
2 cJcJ.l ?.
8. Letcheiia satelles spec. nov. and ab. coeca nov.
Foretcinq : fawu-colonr in c?, with obscnre dark transverse striae and
reticulations ; dull brick-red in ? , with the striae developed into dull lines and
bands ; costal edge with pale linear intervals ; between veins 2 and 3 at middle
of wing a large hj'aline patch, generally elongate and oblong, sometimes shortened
and nearly round, in one case divided into two by a vertical middle line; with
two small spots one above the other in the interval beneath, sometimes confluent ;
fringe, dark brownish or reddish grey. In 1 y , ab. coeca, the hyaline spots are
entirely absent.
IJindwi/u/ : like forewing, bnt without hyaline spots ; fringe with apical half
white ; inner margin and fringe pinkish ochreous.
Underside of forewing with a diffnse brownish postmedian cloud and sub-
marginal spot ; hindwing pink ; inner margin of both wings pale.
Thorax and abdomen concolorous with wings; head generally darker ; forelegs
dark brown, with jiale joints ; hindleg with tuft of hair internally fuscous.
Expanse of wings : 4U mm.
4 (?c?,3 ? ?.
Microbelia gen. nov.
Forewing : elongate ; costa straight, convex only before apex, which is slightly
Iirominent ; hindraargin somewhat bulged at middle, very obliqne below.
liindwing : narrow, oblong ; the apex rounded to a slight elbow at 7 ; hind-
margin bulged at middle and inbent on each side ; inner margin very short.
Paljii obliiiuely porrect upwards; second segment thick, rough-haired, terminal
short; antennae bimeliatc, thick ; legs long ; neuration siinjile.
ItitlVrs from Baninia in having the termiiuil segment of jtalpi siiort.
Underside of forewing without metallic or hairlikc scales.
Type : Microbelia curvinota spec. nov.
To this group belong intimalis Moore, cotnpunctalis Warr., and ulterior ^\'ar^.
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9. Microbelia curvinota sjiec. nov.
Foir/rl/ii/ : ophreons, witli five snlir|uadrate lirowii costal jiatolios, tlie commence-
ment of fasciae which in and lielow tlie cell hoconic black-bmwn ; costal edije dotted
light and dark ; the pale intervals lietween the hands each traversed by a brown line,
that beyond the second band palest and most prominent ; the third and fourth bauds
unite to form a Y-sha])ed mark ; the fifth becomes black and is bent round at right
angles to margin at vein 4 : veins towards margin fnlvons, the intervals with
vertical brown-black striae ; fringe ochreous, chequered with black beyond veins
below middle, and at vein 7.
Hindwing : with basal third pale straw-colour or whitish, with a brown-black
band near base and limited by another running from above anal angle to niidwing,
followed by a dark fulvous mark at anal angle ; rest of wing paler, as in forewing.
Underside with all the tints, both pale and dark, much brighter and clearer.
Head, thorax, and abdomen, fulvous ochreous ; metathorax and anal half of
dorsum black-brown ; palpi and legs ochreous.
? with the markings fulvous brown instead of black, except the ))pnt mark to
middle of hindmargin ; the jiale costal s[iaces dotted black and white ; hindwing
with base more largely pale, the basal band being slender; head, thorax, and
abdomen rich fulvous.
Expanse of wings : c? 2il mm. ; ? 20 mm.
1 (?, 1 ?.
li'. Pharambara basalis sjiec. nov.
Forewing : whitish ochreous with pale red-brown reticulations ; the markings
dark chestnut ; basal two-fifths deep chestnut edged by a vertical line ; an
interrupted postmedian fascia formed by a dependent bar from costa and a bifurcate
mark from before anal angle ; hindmargin narrowly chestnut-brown, with obliipie
Y-shaped streaks running into it ; costal area brown, with pale rounded intervals
dotted with dark on costal edge ; all the dark markings more or less connected
laterally along subcostal vein and inner margin ; in the paler spaces the veins
are jiale reddish ; fringe pale ochreons with brown mottling.
Himhrimj : with three brown bands near base running into inner margin, the
third broad and double ; the hindmargin red-brown, with two mcn-e, partially double,
streaks running into it, with single lines between.
Underside the same, with the dark brown markings all clearer, and with some
bluish silvery scales along subcostal area.
Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen brown, the anal tuft of cf ochreous ;
face deep brown ; i)alpi and forelegs deep brown with the joints pale; antennae
annnlated lirown and ochreous.
Expanse of wings : S 18 mm.; ? 22 mm.
1 ^, 1 ?.
11. Siculodes fumiceps spec. nov.
Foreiviny : white, traversed by numerous contorted bronzy grey lines and
reticulations, which cut up the white ground into rounded siwts or blotches of irregular
size and shape : costal edge minutely dotted with dark ; subcostal vein with white
spots alternating with bronzy-grey intervals ; some short oblique lines along hind-
margin running out grev into the white fringe.
5
( <i6 )
Ilinclwing : similar ; many of the spots appearing as if embossed, as a few of
those in tlie forewiug also do.
Underside of forewiiig similar; of liindwint; wliite with tlie markings showing
tlmingh; costa df forewing nnilormly dotted tjjaclc and white, with a yellowish streak
below it.
Head ami jirothorax smoky grey ; metathorax and abdomen wliite.
Expanse of wings : 2ii mm.
1 S.
12. Siculodes nigrithorax spec. nov.
Forewing : glossy white, with very indistinct grey-brown reticnlations, excejit
towards hindmargiu, where they become dark brown and complicated ; a fine black-
brown marginal line swollen into spots at the veins, which project into the white
fringe ; a large brown spot at base of discoeellular, and another below it on snb-
median vein, forked obliquely towards inner margin ; costal streak dark-brown ;
costal edge dotted with orange ; subcostal vein with white spots.
Ilimhciiiq : with a hyaline central space ; the rest of the wing with bosses of
white scales arranged in rows between the veins; a black spot on inner margin
at middle, and some dark markings towards hindmargin; marginal line as in
forewing.
Underside white, glossy, the markings as above ; costa of forewing gilded
yellow, speckled with black, and with a deep yellow line running into apex.
Head and prothorax black-brown ; metathorax, apical half of patagia, and
abdomen white; dorsal segments, except basal, banded with brown; abdomen
beneath, pectus, and legs silvery white; foretarsi black, with white joints.
Expanse of wings : 2(3 mm.
2 ??.
13. Siculodes subauratalis spec nov.
Foreicinq : snow-white ; the costa finely dotted with dark ; the base with thick
purplish si)Ots and striae between veins ; the marginal area with some longer and
more angular marks as well ; the space from apex to end of cell and the middle of
inner margin remaining imre white ; large dark marginal spots at the vein-ends below
middle ; fringe white.
Ilimlwinq : with thick irregular markings except along costal area; marginal
spots at the vein-ends throughout.
Underside like upper, btit most of the markings of hindwing and many on
forewing pale instead of dark; costa of forewing broadly gilded yellow; costa of
both wings black-dotted.
Thorax and abdomen white : dorsum with black spots ; the head and jjrothoras
are discoloured, but appear to have been grey; foretarsi black, with joints white.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 6.
Family URANIIDAE.
Subfamily MICRONIINAE.
14. Cyphura pardata spec. nov.
Vorewiiiq : cream-white ; the costal area above subcostal vein crossed by stout
black striae, those in the apical portion more variable in shape and size, sometimes
forniii)'^' a iVw long streaks, soniclinies more numi-rons anil short, reaching as far as
( 67 )
vein 4 ; three olive-fulvous, brown-edged, fnnuel-shapod bands cross the wing from
lOsta ; tlie inner edge of the first from base of costa to before middle of inner
margin, the outer from one-sixth of costa to tliree-fiftlis of inner margin ; inner edge
of tlie second from one-fonrth of costa to three-fonrtiis of inner margin, the outer from
middle of costa to four-fifths of inner margin ; the inner edge of the third from
three-fifths of costa to anal angle, the outer edge not defined by a line but
only marked by a darker shade, which joins the inner edge at anal angle ; a broad
velvety black sulnnarginal line nut reaching costa and ending in a point before anal
angle ; fringe with basal half black, outer half whitish.
Ilindwing : white, with a bright fulvous suffusion in the outer half of wing from
vein 4 to anal angle, containing five black submarginal spots, a hirge one on each
side of vein 3, a smaller one on each side of the submedian fold and a smaller one
still below vein I ; a broad abbreviated submarginal black stripe from vein 5 to 2, and
a shorter fine one close before margin from 6 to 4 ; fringe white from apex to
the end of tooth, thence to au.al angle fulvous, tipped with grey and with a velvety
black basal line interrupted at the veins : fringe of inner margin fulvous in outer half,
white in basal half of wing.
Underside of forewing white with two broad blackish oblique streaks, cor-
responding to the two outer dark lines of upperside, the inner not reaching below
middle; some dark brown sjiccks and striae on costa before apex, and a grey linear
shade before hiudmargin from apex to middle ; fringe grey-brown, the basal half
darker; hindwiug with the fnlvous area more restricted; the submarginal black
stripe from 5 to 2 broader and continued to anal angle, including the three smaller
spots.
Palpi white, with second segment black above ; face white with a black spot
above; vertex, antennae, and collar white; shoulders and patagia pale fulvous;
thorax and abdomen white with a broad black dorsal stripe : abdomen below and legs
white ; forelegs with a black line in front.
Expanse of wings : 56 — 65 mm.
0 c?c?,2 ? ?.
The largest examjjle has an additional short brown middle line on hindn-ing
from vein 4 bent round to inner margin above anal angle.
15. Stesichora pura spec. nov.
Fore- and hindwintia, above and below, and all the parts of the liody pure white,
except the upper half nf face, the tips of the palpi, and the front of the forelegs,
which are blackish.
Expanse of wings : 4n mm.
1 S.
10. Stesichora strigifera spec. nov. and ab. crassistriga nov.
Foreioiiiy : white, covered with irregular pale brown strigae ; those on costa
and subcostal vein fine and black ; marginal line pale brown ; fringe white with
a faint brownish tinge ; besides the striae there are sometimes traceable three
more or less continuous pale grey-brown linos across wing, antemedian, median,
and postmedian ; of these the median is generally the most prominent, and in
certain cases developed into a broad conspicuous band, ab. crassistrii/a.
IJiiuhving: with the strigae confined to the marginal area; the nxdiiin anil
( (i8 )
liostnieiliiiii liaiuls fjcnerally well miirked, the latter sometiiucs angiilated below
niiddlo : inargiiial line fine, hlaclc-l)ro\vn, interrupted at the slight tooth, which
(X)iitains an oval black spot ; frinj;i' wliite, tinircd with brnwii. In tlie !ilierrafiiin
tlic fringes are darker in both wings.
Underside nniforiuly white.
Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs :ill wliite; face and palpi black, whitish
below ; forelegs dark grey in I'ront.
E.xpanse of wings : c?, 4i< miii. ; ?, .")'-i niiu.
4 t? J, 2 ? ?, one of these being the aberration cnissistriyu.
SuBiWMiLY EPirLEMlNAE.
IT. Dirades corrasa sjiec. nov.
Fmrtring : pale grey, freckled with darker; a dark rell-spot followed by n
larger dark spot above vein 7, edged with ferrnginous externally ; a row of snb-
niarginal black Inuules between the veins from apex to vein 2 ; a dark marginal
line ; fringe grey with a pale basal line.
Ilimhininj : dark brown above vein 4 ; white and withont markings, exeejit on
vein 1, below it; costa with a silvery white blotch from liase to apex, where it
is narrowed off to a point ; across the middle a donble dark brown line with
yellowish scales between ; along hindmargin from vein 7 to 4 a leaden, blue band
edged inwardly by black white-edged Innnles ; fringe brown to vein 4, wliite
below it.
Thorax and abdomen pale grey ; vertex white; lace and paljii black.
Expanse of wings : 22 mm.
1 S.
Hindwing with a tooth at vein 7, and the inner margin below vein 3 lobed ; an
elongate hyaline fovea near base of wing beneath the median vein.
18. Dirades niveicosta spec. nov.
Foreiring : cinereons grey, striated with darker ; the lines fnscons, interrnpted ;
first cnrved, at one-third; second at two-thirds, ontcnrved below middle, where
it is thickened ; a cloudy dark cell-spot ; an apical short streak of three black
lininles; costal edge distinctly speckled black and white ; fringe grey.
Iliiulwiiig : similar ; but the costa with a bro:ul silvery white streak from
close to base to outer line, where it is bluntly rounded ; the inner edge of this
white streak is jierfectly straight, and contains three black spots, one at base, a
small one at middle, and a third at the end, these last forming parts of the
inner and outer lines ; a row of leaden-blue dark-edged lunules along margin from
vein 7 to 2.
Underside of forewing grey, of hindwing whitish ; costa of hindwing with two
tnfts of dark scales, a large one at base and smaller one at apex.
Thorax and abdomen grey like wings ; vertex white ; face, pal])i, and forelegs
black.
Expanse of wings : 22 mm.
2 ? ?.
Near JK (itiibaaiti Warr. iVom Fergusson Island, but the white streak of
hindwing is not jagged below.
10. Diradopsis alberta spec. nov.
FoirwiiKj : pale grej', cloiuleJ and speckled with dark grey ; costa miuutely
dotted l)lack and white ; lines dark with paler edge ; first ontcurved from one-third
of costa to median vein, second from three-fifths of costa to vein 4, both interrnpted
below middle, bnt really joining the edges of a dark brown blotch on inner margin
beyond middle ; this blotch is narrower and rounded at summit in the S, broader
and flattened in the ? ; a row of black snbmarginal spots from apex to anal
angle ; a dark grey triangular cloud on costa beyond outer line, and a slighter one
at anal angle : fringe brown.
lliiulwimj : browner; outer line in i nearly straight from middle of costa to
vein 4, where it is bluntly angled and becomes obsolete, in the ? curved above
middle, straight below, with a lilnnt tooth on vein 4, dark l)rown edged with pale ;
in the ? lielow 4 the marginal space is whitish grey nearest the line, the rest dark
grey with snbmarginal dark spots between veins ; fringe brown with pale tips ; in
the S the submedian interval is whitish, without scaling ; in the ¥ whitish speckled
with black; in both sexes the veins of hindwing are sometimes pale.
Underside dull brownish with Idack s]>eckling, whiter towards base of liindwing.
Thorax and abdomen grey; vertex pale grey ; face, palpi, and forelegs black.
Expanse of wings : c?, 22 mm. ; ? , 23 mm.
4 cJd',4 ??.
"-'II. Epiplema canibrunnea spec. nov.
Forewiuij : liver-brown, dusted at base, along costa, and before hindmargin with
bluish grey scales ; costal edge ochreous with slight brown dots ; the lines finely
jiale ; first from one-fourth of costa, obli(]uely curved outwards to median, then
(ibli(pie and straight inwards ; second line straight from just beyond middle of costa
to l)eyond middle of inner margin ; the interval lietween the lines deeper brown,
forming a fascia, tlie veins across it paler ; a pale dark-edged kuuilate line from
near apex, curved to hindmargin at submedian fold, enclosing a darker brown
marginal area widest beyond cell, edged inwardly with bluish grey; a fine bluish
grey marginal line ; fringe broadly brown at base, [laler and mottled towards tips.
HIndtriiuj : with the two lines curved and parallel ; the lunulate submarginal
line entire from ai)ex to anal angle, enclosing a dull leaden-blue band; fringe as in
forewing.
Underside of forewing purjilish grey, with darker speckling ; of hindwing white
with purplish speckles along hindmargin ; fringes grey chequered with purplish.
Vertex white ; shoulders and jmtagia pale bluish grey, powdered with dark
scales; abdomen brown with jiale rings; anal tuft ochreous; face, pulpi, and
forelegs brown-black ; antennae ochreous.
Expanse of wings : 17 mm.
1 S.
Hindmargin of forewing entire, with sligiit indentation beyond cell ; of hindwing
with slight blunt teeth at 4 and T ; costa of hindwing fringed with hair ; antennae
with clavate teeth.
21. Epiplema casbiata spec. nov.
Forewing : ochreous or whitish grey, densely covered with fine short striae ;
cell-spot blackish, in a cloud of dark striae; the lines accompanied liy shades of
dark striae ; inner line marked by a dark sjiot above and below median vein ; outer
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line liy small brown liiiiatc marks between veius at. two-thirds, parallel to hiiitl-
margin ; a black spot before apex above vein 7 ; fringe concolorons.
Ilnidiriiui : cell-sjiot white, followed by a cloud of striae which extends
towards anal angle ; onter Hue faintly expressed, bluntly angled on vein 4 ; an
oval leadeu-blne, somewhat embossed spot, edged with yellowish, on liiMdmargin
below lower tooth.
Underside white, sliglitly discoloured iu forewing, with nuiucrons blackish
striae between the veins; a black spot before lower tooth.
Thorax and abdomen like wings ; vertex whitish ; face and palpi black.
Expanse of wings : 38 mm.
2 ? ?.
Forewing with hindmargin simple ; hindwing slightly toothed at 7, fi, and 4,
the last finer and longer.
22. Epiplema cinereella spec. nov.
Fori'iriiiq : ash-grey with a slaty tinge, and covered with indistinct dark striae ;
costa dotted with dark grey; lines darker, but indistinct, and interrniited ; first
at one-third, bent in middle ; second from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of
inner margin, inbeut below middle; both phiinest at their extremities; a blackish
marginal blotch from apex to vein 'i, inwardly edged by a black line, bluntly
angled basewards on vein u ; fringe grey.
Hiiidwiiiij : with equally indistinct curved lines ; a dark marginal lunate-edged
shade between teeth.
Underside uniform dull dark grey.
Thorax and abdomen grey ; vertex white ; shonlders whitish grey ; face, jialpi,
and forelegs blackish.
Expanse of wings : ](j mm.
1 ?.
Forewing indented slightly beyond cell ; hindwing with small teeth at 4 and 7 ;
cell of forewing very short; vein .5 from lielow ujjper angle of cell.
23. Epiplema configurata spec. nov.
ForewiiKj : pinkish ochreous, thickly dusted with grey, at liase and along
costa ; the central fascia and anal region below middle and the hindmargin suffused
with black ; lines velvety black ; first at one-third, acutely angled outwards on
median vein, then oblique inwards, broadly edged internally with ferrnginons, the
costal portion above cell almost obsolete ; outer line from three-fifths of costa to
four-fifths of inner margin, forming a small projection outwards on vein 7 and
a prominent blunt one on vein 4, then incurved, and vertical from vein 3, edged
externally finely with ferruginous ; a line of lilack dots from apex, limiting the
black hindmargin, toothed inwards on vein .j ; fringe black-brown.
Ihndwiiig : black ; the lines edged with ferruginous conversely as in forewing ;
the inner at one-third angled outwards on both folds, the outer on vein 4, and
marked by white dots at veins ; the submedian interval diffnsely white with black
speckling, the anal region below vein 3 whitish ; the Innules along margin oliscurely
edged with ferruginous; fringe black.
Underside of forewing smoky fuscous with black striae ; costa whitish with
black dots; inner margin whitish; hindwing dull white, grey-tinged towards costa
and aj)ex ; the fringe brown.
( 71 )
Face, jiali>i (wliich are lung and porrcct), anil forelegs black ; vertex snow-
white ; shoulders and patagia grey-brown ; abdomen whitish, the basal half of
dorsum black, the anal grey ; abdomen beneath and legs white.
Exjiause of wings : 27 mm.
1 ?.
Hindmargin of forewing simple; of hindwing with two lougish teeth at veins 4
and 7, and a shorter one at end of 0.
24. Epiplema dealbata spec. nov.
Forcwimj : glossy stone-grey, iinely dusted with dark scales ; costa marked
with grey; lines starting from costa at two-fifths and three-fifths; first very
obscnre, passing over a linear chestnut-brown discal spot ; second outcurved,
reddish grey with a paler limiting line, incurved at 4, joining the edges of a
large flattened pale-centred chestnut-brown blotch at middle of inner margin ;
a chestnut-brown narrow shade before margin from ajiex to vein 3, broken into
two lunules above vein 6 ; a submarginal grey cloud running into anal angle ;
fringe grey.
IHndiriiKj : inner line straight, chestnut-brown, its middle formed by the
discocellular mark ending in a round blotch between the origin of veins 3 and 4 ;
outer line brown, with paler edge, waved and bent on vein 4, ending in a square
brown blotch between 3 and 4 ; a dark, pale-edged lunular line before teeth ;
Bubmedian interval cream-white without markings, which reappear on vein 1.
Underside white, slightly discoloured in forewing, with a few dark specklings
towards hindmargin.
Vertex, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face and palpi brown-black.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
1 S.
Forewing simjile ; hindwing toothed at 4 and 7.
25. Epiplema despecta spec. nov.
Forcwimj : pale grey, thickly covered with grey-brown striae ; lines dark
brown and fairly distinct; first well curved at one-third; second from just beyond
middle of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, projecting outwards on the two
folds, angularly beyond cell and bluntly on the submedian ; a browner grey
marginal shade from apex to vein 3, prominently projecting inwards between
4 and 6, where it is edged by two black lunules, and above vein 0 by another
black Innule nearer margin ; fringe grey.
IlinihciiKj : a brown line near base; a faint ochreons line along median vein
joined by a faint brown mark on discocellular ; outer line sinuous, brown edged
with i)aler, bluntly angled or rounded on vein 4 ; a leaden-grey shade along margin
from upper to lieluw lower tooth, with a sinuous darker inner edge cut by a whitisli
dash on vein 4, with a whitish edge between 3 and 4.
Underside of forewing dull brownish grey with darker freckling and a dark
shade at base; of hindwing much paler, becoming greyer and freckled only towards
hindmargin.
Vertex, antennae, thorax, and abdomen grey ; face, palpi, and forelegs black.
Expanse of wings : 25 mm.
1 c?.
Hindmargin of forewing entire ; of hindwing toothed at 4 and 7, with a blunt
tooth at G ; submediau fold scaled like the rest of wing.
( T2 )
','(). Epiplema detecta spec. nov.
Foreicinq : as in the last siiecies, pale grey with sliyhtly darker striae; no
distinct lines ; in their places slight diti'iise olive sliades ; a darker marginal space,
not so prominently projecting beyond cell, edged by a single obliiiuely curved black
line, with two dark Inniiles above, one on each side of vein T ; the pale grey fringe
with darker specks at base beyond veins.
WnuUcimi : with a donble brown spot on mtidian vein near base, a distinct
thick brown streak on discoeellular, and no ochreons line along median vein ; outer
line tine, acutely angled outwards on vein 4 ; the submedian interval whitish,
without markings ; the dark marginal sjjace from upper to lower tooth narrower
and with straight inner edge ; three small brown-edged lunules below lower tooth,
with a fine white dash on vein -t.
Underside as in desjjecta, as well as the parts of the body.
Expanse of wings : 23 mm.
1 ¥.
Hindmargin of hindwiug between teeth straight, with no tooth at vein 6.
■-'7. Epiplema eupeplodes spec. nov.
Forewlnij : ]iale ]iearl-grey towards base and ahmg costa, speckled with brown
and dark grey, with a difl'nse brown cloud on hindmargin below middle ; the veins
throughout marked paler; costa finely brown ; the lines red-brown, darker on casta;
first at one-third, oblique outwards, sharply angled on subcostal, then sinuous
inwards, marked by brown spots on tlie veins and fold ; outer line from before
two-thirds, obliijue outwards, and bent on the subcostal, then waved to inner margin
at two-thirds, jiarallel to inner line; a l)rown lunate-edged streak along excision,
with two black spots above it ; fringe brown, exce])t at apex; cell-spnt formed of
two black semi-confluent spots.
Hiixhcing : with costal margin, the cell, and central space to inner margin
whitish; the veins yellowy three short black curved lines with yellow between
them on inner margin near base ; an outer pale brown-bordered line acutely angular
above vein 4 ; two black spots on discoeellular ; marginal area lilac-grey, with
white black-edged submarginal spots between 4 and G, and a dove-coloured blotch
below 4 containing a black dot.
Underside of forewing pale brown, coarsely black-speckled, jiale grey towards
apex and along inner margin ; cell-spot black ; hindwing white, with black costal
sj)ots, a black discal mark, and scatlered black speckles ; a brown-black marginal
border, broad at costa, narrowing downwards to vein 2, containing white marginal
jiatches.
Vertex, thorax, and abdomen pale jiearl-grey, the dorsum with slight black
and yellow markings; face, palpi, and forelegs deep brown; antennae and lilkt
yellowish.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
2 cJcJ.
Hindmargin of forewing excised between 7 and 4, straight and oblicpie below,
the apex depressed ; of hindwiug shortly toothed throughout, with a long slender
tooth at vein 4 and slightly excised above it; anteunae with distinct clavate teeth.
( 73 )
28. Epiplema falcigera spec. uov.
ForawiiKj : lilac-grey, speckled with black, most thickly along inner margin;
first line indicated by a brown oblii[ue streak from costa at one-third, second by a
brown cloud at two-thirds ; patches of black scales between veins before hiud-
margiii below middle, and a larger patch on inner margin at two-thirds ; a black
discal spot ; fringe ferrnginons.
llui(hriii<i : with the costal half sutfused with wood-brown, the whole irregu-
larly spotted and striated with dark ; a black spot before margin below lower
tooth ; fringe brown.
Underside of forewing dull smoky brown with black strigae, the costal area
pale grey ; hindwing i>ale yellowish grey, coarsely black-speckled, with a black
discal dot and slight submarginal shade.
Face, Jialpi, and forelegs lilack ; vertex and shoulders jiale pearl-grey : thora.x
brownish grey ; abdomen paler.
E.xpanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 ?.
Forewing with falcate apex, and a deep excision between it and vein 4, straight
and obliijue below ; hindwing crenulate, with longer teeth at veins 4 and 7 ;
antennae with short clavate teeth.
29. Epiplema flexifascia spec. nov.
FcircwiiKj : jiale grey, with dark grey suffusion and strigae, sometimes with
a reddish tint ; lines thick, blackish : first at one-fifth, bent in cell, then oblique,
the uj)per arm almost obsolete ; second from quite two-thirds of costa, oblique
inwards to median, then curved outwards to three-fourths of inner margin : the
area from base to this line darker grey, especially in the ?, and with dark striae
along inner margin ; outer line curved from apex to submediau fold, enclosing a
semi-oval marginal space of dark grey ; tlie area between secDiid and tliiril lines
l)ale, with slight striations and a central dark cloud lielow middle running into anal
angle ; fringe dark grey, pale above anal angle.
Uuidwiny : dark brown ; a deeper brown, pale-edged outer line, bluntly rounded
in middle, not angled, towards hindmargin ; basal line abbreviated, confined to
costal half; a dark brown thick line along median vein and vein 4, interruj)ted
by an oblique white mark, where the dark discocellular line joins it ; a dark brown
lunular line before margin from upper to below lower tooth, on each side of which
it is swollen, i)receded by a white spot below vein 6 ; fringe brown, with a paler
base ; space along the fold iVom base pale in both sexes.
Underside yellowish ochreous in forewing and costal hall' of hindwing, with
dark brown strigae, lines, and suffusion ; llie veins also dark ; inner-marginal half
of hindwing whiter.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale or dark grey ; face, palpi, and forelegs black ;
vertex white ; collar black ; antennae ferruginous, with thick, rather long, clavate
teeth in the cf , simply lamellate in ? ; anal tuft in S pale ochreous.
Expanse of wings : cj 22 mm. ; ¥ 24 mm.
2 (?(?,2 ? ¥.
Hindmargin of forewing entire, but I'aiutly indented beyond cell ; of hindwing
with two small teeth at veins 4 and 7, concave between, with a blunt tooth at
vein 6.
The ? , as a rule, is darker than the $.
( 74)
3n. Epiplema innocens spec. nov.
Forpwing : whitish, densely striated with jiale lilac-groy ; the lines a little
darker, but obscurely marked aud interrupted ; first at two-filths, curved ; second
from three-fifths of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, slightly outciirved above;
a slightly darker marginal sjjace from apex to vein 3, edged inwardly liy a dark
waved line, prominent on vein 'i : fringe pale grey, beyond some faint whitish dots
at the ends of veins.
lUndwing : first line curved close to base ; second forming u long blunt
projecting beak on vein 4 ; some dark grey marginal lunulcs from upper to lower
tooth.
Underside lilac-whitish ; forewing with a faint grey tinge.
Thorax and abdomen grey like wings ; vertex and shoulders whitish ; face
dark brown above, whitish at base.
Exi)anse of wings : 17 mm.
1 S.
Forewing with hindmargin entire ; hindwing incurved between 4 and 7, with
minute blunt teeth at their ends,
31. Epiplema planimargo spec. nov.
ForririiH] : dull pur]>lish grey, this tint being formed by darker grey striae on
a paler ground : lines fine and distinct, olive-brown ; first curved, from i[uite one-
third of costa to fully middle of inner margin : second from two-thirds of costa to
three-fourths of inner margin, forming a beak outwards on vein 4, then incurved
and parallel to inner line ; fringe dark grey, the margin before it also ditfnsely
dark.
JlhuhciM/ : with tiie outer line only distinct, a little curved.
Underside uniform jiale lilac-grey, slightly darker in forewing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with wings ; vertex whitish ; face and
palpi dark brown.
Expanse of wings : ^1 mm.
1 ?.
Margins of both wings simjde ; hindwing with a scarcely jierceiitible bend at
veins 4 and 7.
32. Epiplema taminata spec. nov.
Forciciii;/ : dull white, with a lilnish tint ; tiie lower outer half of wing suffused
with pale brownisji ; c(jsta finely dotted black and white ; the whole wing with a
few dark striae ; lines purjilish black, interrupted ; first at about one-third, angled
bluntly on median vein ; second from a dark costal mark at two-thirds, bent in
below vein 4 and intcrrnpted throughout ; the central space below vein (i filled
in with brown striae ; a sulimarginal line of black spots from apex to vein 2, the
margin beyond it purplish; fringe black-cluMiuered at base, pale towards tips, with
a pale basal line.
Iluiilwiny : white, brown-sj)eckled ; the two lines curved, blackish, interrupted,
the outer angled on vein 4 ; two distinct black sjjots at the ends of discocellular ;
a brown black-edged marginal shade, cut by a pale line before lower tooth.
Underside of forewing washed with pale brown ; the submarginal line marked ;
the fringe chequered black and jtale ; hindwing white, with a few dark freckles ;
two black discal dots and black luuules before the excision between the teeth.
( 75 )
Vertex, (horax, and abdomen white; lace, jialjii, and forelegs dark brown ;
legs white, tarsi and spnrs brown-mottled.
Expanse of wings : 1.") mm.
1 S.
Hiudmargin of forewing simply indented beyond ecll ; of hindwing with short
teeth at 4 and 7 ; antennae with clavate teeth.
:5;3. Epiplema vialactea spec. uov.
Forewiiiij : deep liver-oolonr, crossed by two deeper brown shades, one at
one-third, the other from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ;
costa and all the veins dotted with white ; beyond the outer shade between
veins 4 and 6 a large white crescent-shaped blotch of coalescent white spots,
these spots lying between, as well as on, the veins; the spots above it on
vein 7 and in the interval below also being larger but not confluent ; a row
of white submarginal dots between the veins, those above vein 4 large and
conspicuous ; a marginal row of white spots between veins, above vein 4 running
out into the fringe, which is liver-brown.
Hindwing: similar; the spots beyond cell and those in the whole lower
outer half of wing larger and more numerous, but not forming a crescent,
and coalescing along submedian fold ; marginal white spots between veins
throughout.
Underside of forewing pale liver-colour freckled with white, of hindwing
white freckled with brown; the fringes chequered white and liver-colour.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark liver-colour; dorsum with white points;
vertex and shaft of antennae snow-while ; abdomen beneath and legs whitish ;
pectus and forelegs liver-colour.
Expanse of wings : 26 mm.
1 ?.
Hiudmargin of forewing simple ; of hindwing prominent, but hardly toothed,
at veins 4 and 7.
Family GEOMETRIDAE.
Subfamily OENUCHROMINAE.
Dicyclodes gen. nov.
Forewini/ : costa straight, with a faint curve at ba>e and belbre apex ;
apex minutely produced: hiudmargin strongly gibbous above, oblii|ue below, in
the ? faintly indented below ajiex.
Uindtviny : with apical angle and hiudmargin rounded ; anal angle rectangular.
Thorax woolly ; antennae of S uniseriate pectinate for two-thirds ; of ?
filiform ; forehead protuberant ; paljii stout, upturned, short, terminal segment
indistinct; frenulum and tongue present; hindtibiae not thickened, with
four spurs.
Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half wing ; discocellular obliijue
inwards to near median vein, then sharjily angled at the lower fork and oblique
outwards ; first median nervule at four-fifths, second close before end ; radials
normal ; 7, 8 stalked from end of cell, 'J, IK stalked a little before them, 9
( 7fi )
iuiastomusiiig siil)sei[ucntly with 8, 11 t'loiu cell; liiiidwiiij; with discocellnlar
augled outwards Id middle, the radial tioiii the aiigidatioii ; H, T and 3, 4 from
angles of cell, 7, 8 apiu'oximating near basi-.
Tvjic Dici/clodcx liicroqbjphicu spec nov.
Allied to Sarcinodes Guen.
34. Dicyclodes hieroglyphica spec. miv.
Forririnri : dark pearly grey, alonu; tlie costa beymid middle deep garnet-red,
shading lielow into deej) olive; costawith two snow-white streaks ; one antemediau
cnrviug in towards eell-spot, then apparently bent inwards and marked by black
dashes nn the median and snbmedian veins; a broad olive snbbasal band; cell-
mark garnet-red ; a very fine dark onter line, Innulate-dentate, the teeth pointing
inwards, parallel to hindmargin, at two-thirds, starting belnw the ]iostmedian white
costal streak ; a silvery white submarginal line, edged inwardly with black, from
costa just before apex, bent inwards and sinuous below vein 4, to inner margin
dose to outer line ; marginal area a mixture of shining grey and rosy, becoming
olive along the margin itself ; the veins whitish and bearing arrow-headed points
before the margin ; fringe dark olive.
nindtriiiy : with a broad central olive band, outwardly edged by a darker
sinuous line, containing a sinuate hyaline cell-mark ; a wavy grey submarginal line,
jircceded and followed by olive clouds ; fringe dark olive.
Underside of forewing silvery whitish, with transverse olive-brown striae ;
suffused with olive towards anal angle ; a broad straight central olive shade and an
(iblic|ne onter line of spots on veins starting from a costal streak at four-fifths ;
liindwing jicarly white only along abdominal margin, the rest olive-brown finsbed
with red, paler before the dark antemedian line ; an indistinct vyaved line beyond
cell-spot ; submarginal line lunulate-dentate, edged with grey at costa, forming white
teeth on veins 2, o, and 4, followed by two crimson blotches.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pearl-grey tinged with pale olive; alidomcn
beneath broadly blotched with crimson ; legs brown with pale joints ; pectus and
femora woolly, pale grey and pink.
Expanse of wings : i 4.S mm. ; ? 48 — 52 mm.
.5 cJcJ,3 ??.
8;"). Noreia pulverosa sjiec. nov.
Forewing: ]iale njouse-grcy, dustc(l with fuscous; costal edge brown; lines
dark brown ; first nearly straight, at one-third, hardly reaching costa ; second from
jnst before apex, and ajiparently retracted to costa, to two-l birds of inner margin ;
cell-sj)ot dark ; submarginal line indicated by dark sjiots lietwecn veins.
[linflicini/ : with onter line only.
Underside pale grey in forewing, whilish grey in liindwing ; the outer lines
dark ; the cell-spots marked ; costa of forewing yellowish brown ; hindwiug
8j)eckled with grey.
Thorax and abdomen dark grey; lillet fulvous; face dark brown; palpi
and legs grey marked with reddisli.
Expanse of wings : 38 mm.
1 S.
( 77 )
Subfamily PSEUDOTERPNINAE.
3(1. Hypochroma purpurissa spei\ nov.
Foreici iiq : pale bluish white, shailfd witli purplish slate-colour aud with
greenisli slaty striations ; costa with purple striae aud tour ])laclv l)lotchcs at
eveu distances apart; lines black; first ontcurved above aud below median to
quite one-third of inner margin, preceded there by a purplish shade ; outer luuulate-
dentate, from the third costal sjiot, ontcurved above aud incurved from 4 to middle
of inner margin, where it approaches inner line ; a large purplish black ear-
shaped cell-spot beneath the second costal spot; submarginal' shade cloudy
imrplish, darker and ontcurved beyond cell and between 1 and 3, the marginal area
at apex and between 3 and 4 pale bluish white ; black marginal luunles ; fringe
pale blue with black cheiiueriug beyond veins, its base beyond the Innules white ;
close to base of wing are three purplish sjiots, indicating a basal line.
IliiHliciiiy : more thickly striated ; no basal line, but a short dentate line on
discocellular; the rest as in forewiug ; inner margin and fringe golden yellow.
Underside deep dark purple, the apex of forewiug and a broad band just beyond
middle of hindwing pale bluish wliite, the baud showing slightly on inner margin
of forewiug ; lines and cell-s])ots indistinctly deeper purple ; inner margin of
hindwing more broadly yellow.
Pali)i externally and lower half of face purplish black ; upper lialf of face and
vertex slaty white; shoulders aud base of patagia the same; tips of shoulders and
a broad band reflexed to sides of patagia velvety black ; thorax and dorsum pale
slaty blue, the segments with pairs of lateral black spots ; anal segments and
sides and nnderneath of abdomen golden yellow ; tarsi black with yellow spots.
Expanse of wings : 52 mm.
1 (?.
In Xoc. Zool. x. p. 350 mention was made of 3 ? ? from the Upper Aroa
River (which were there referred to satarutaria Wlk.), in which the usual green
upperside of that species had acquired the slaty coloration of the underside ; the
last mentioned of the three certainly, and the other two probably, should be referred
to the present species. I am also inclined to keep H. caesia, from Fergusson and Ron
Islands, distinct from the New Guinea species.
RtiBFAMiLY GEOMETRINAE.
37. Anisog^amia albifusa spec. nov.
Foi'etcing : hyaline green ; the basal third, the discocellular and space beyond,
and the three onter lines of distinct conjoined Innules powdery white ; across the
green central area the veins are strongly dotted green and white ; costa fuscous,
irregularly mottled with white ; marginal white dots at the ends of the veins ;
fringe green flecked with whitish.
Iliiidwiiiii : mottled all over with white scales from base, without any central
green space ; all the veins throughout uniformly dotted green and white.
Underside whitish green, iridescent ; ajiical half of costa of forewings and
marginal dots of hindmargin below apex bronzy fuscoiw.
Head, thorax, aud abdomen green si>eekled with white ; tillet narrowly white ;
( 78 )
face green above, the lower half white ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white,
foretarsi brownish.
Expanse of wings : Sn nun.
2 JcJ.
3>^. Anisogamia albiseriata .spee. nov.
Fori'wi III/ : diirk green ; costal edge white, with dark brown flecks, thickeneil
towards apex ; lines represented by series of white spots ; first from one-fourth
of costa to one-third of inner margin, consisting of small sjwts, on the folds as
well as on the veins ; middle line of larger spots, two somewhat diffnse on each
side of vein 7, a partially donble ipiadrate spot beyond cell, a large one on inner
margin at middle, with sometimes a smaller one above it on the fold ; exterior
series placed on the veins, those on veins 4 and T) coalescing into a blotch and
displaced basewards ; snbmarginal series more elongate and diffuse, situated
between the veins, those on the folds larger : fringe pale green with distinct
white mottling beyond veins.
IliiKhving : without basal series of spots ; the middle series often enlarged into
a broad white band, containing two dark green spots on discocellnlnr : fringe
of inner margin white.
Underside whitish green, the white spots showing through ; costa of Ibrewing
yellowish.
Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green ; dorsum with conspicuous white s[)ots:
fillet white : antennae greenish white; abdomen beneath, jiei'lus, and legs white;
forelegs greenish.
Expanse of wings : 10 to 24 mm.
5 c?(?.
Hindmargins witlmut crenulations ; hindwing slightly elbowed at veins 4 and fi.
3'.i. Anisogamia batis spec. nov.
Forewikg : dull grass-green ; costa broadly brown, speckled with ochreons ;
marginal line thick, jmrplish brown, finely edged externally with flesh-coloured
ochreons, which below apex is swollen into spots between the veins ; fringe pale
grey with a purplish grey basal line ; hindmargin marked with two flesh-coloured
ochreons blotches, edged and centred witli purjilish brown ; one rounded between
veins '.J and 5, the other flattened and elongate at anal angle below vein 2.
lliiidwiny : with the middle marginal blotch ranch snniUer ; cell-spot white.
L'nderside pale blue-green, the marginal blotches showing white ; costa of
forewing i'uscons sjieckled with pale.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; palpi externally, vertex, fillet, and
antennae reddish varied with paler ; dorsum with more or less coalescent patches
of flesh-colonred ochreons and grey scales ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs
whitish ; forelegs pinkish Ijrown, with pale joints.
Expanse of wings : 2>i mm.
:i ? ?.
411. Anisogamia commaculata spec. nov.
Fofi'iriiiy : semi-transparent, deeji green, with snow-white blotched lines ; a
white blotch at base of costa ; an oblique one ou inner margin near base and
a (juadiate white blotch on costa at one-fifth ; a s]iot before middle of inner margin
( 79 )
and an irregular wliite liloteh in end of ci'll, eonneeted with a white lilotch on eosta
before it, represent a middle line ; three series of broad white Innnlar blotches before
hindmargin, not reaching eosta, and all iiiteri'npted between veins 2 and 3 ;
veins bevond eell dotted alternately green and white ; costal edge fnscons,
irregularl}' interrnpted by white marks ; fringe grey cut by white flecks from the
white marginal dots at the vein-ends.
IliiidiciiKi : with a large white blotch at base of cell, one on discocellnlar, and
three below eell ; followed by the three series of lunnles as in forewing ; fringe
paler ; veins near base deep green.
Underside pale green, with the wliite markings showing through ; eosta of
forewing broadly fuscous marked with white, towards apex projecting toothlike
into the green area ; marginal dots between veins large, fuscous ; a fuscous snbapical
spot on hindwing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; abdomen with silvery white dorsal and
subdorsal blotches; fillet and lower half of face white; abdomen below, pectus, and
legs white; foretarsi mottled fuscous and white.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
1 6.
41. Anisogamia decorata spec. nov.
J. Forrwiiifi : semi-transparent, grass-green ; costal edge dark brown freckled
with creara-colonr, extending across liase nearly to inner margin ; first line starting
from a cream-coloured costal spot at one-fourth to two-fifths of inner margin,
lunnlate outwards, dentate inwards, pale above median vein, i'uscons below ; outer
line lunulate-dentate, from nearly three-fourths of eosta to two-thirds of inner
margin, obscurely marked across wing, but from eosta to vein 6 edged with
white, and followed by a dull whitish blotch containing pinkish scales and
outwardly shaded with black scales ; submarginal line marked on the outside edge
of this blotch by two white luuules and below by spots of pinky browu between
the veins, ending in a flattened blackish blotch at anal angle, containing some
reddish scales beyond outer line ; cell-spot a white crescent ; white marginal spots
at the vein-ends ; fringe rufous grey.
Hindwing : with only the two outer lines ; a large blotch of smoky black
and pink scales at apex, the submarginal line marked across it by three black
pale-centred wedge-shaped marks.
Underside pale iridescent green ; eosta of forewing yellowish, sjieckled with
dark brown ; two brown costal blotches before aj)ex, with a yellowish space
between them; a blackish blotch at annl angle, and a large oval black blotch at
apex of hindwing ; fringes green tipped with brown; brown marginal s])(its b(dow
ai)ex of forewing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark green ; thorax and metathorax marked
with dark and light grey scales, with a green space in the centre ; second and
third dorsal segments with small white spots, fifth and sixth with large grey
blotches ; anal tuft pale oehreous ; face with two white spots below ; fillet
whitish ; palpi externally dark brown ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs whitish ;
foretarsi blackish, with white joints.
? . Forewing : with costal edge more broadly but paler brown, thickly
speckled with white ; first line fine, simply waved ; outer line finely white,
forming two large lunnles to vein 4, along which it runs out to close to hind-
( 80 )
margin, skirting this to vein 2, then cnrving inwards to inner margin before
anal angle, where it is followed liy dark grey scaling; the sqnare apical l)lot(^li
is filled ni> witli rnfons grey externally, siqianited by three green j)iile-edged
InnidfS from the pale edging nt' the onter line : niuvginul line dark, swoJIen into
spots between veins.
Ili)i<hciiiq : like fnrewing, the ii|iii'!il lilntih consisting of dark and light grey
scaling.
Undersidr wirli flie hhuk lj!cit<-lu's larger, tiie liircwing with a single pear-
shaped blotch before apex.
Dorsum wholly reddish grey, except the basal segment, wliicli alone is green.
Exi)anse of wings : cJ, 4n mm. ; ? , 36 mm.
3 <^cJ,3 ? ?.
4:.'. Auisoganiia flavilinea spec. nov. and ab. albinata nov.
Foreivinq : semihyaline dee]> green ; costal edge narrowly fnscons, uniformly
dotted with pale; the lines pale yellowish ; first from one-thinl of costa to two-fifths
of inner margin irregnlarly zigzag ; outer somewhat irregularly deutate-lunnlate,
from three-fonrths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, bent inwards below vein 3,
and above it followed by a blotch of pale scales ; a submarginal line of yellowish
spots between veins, that between 3 and 4 biaugnlate, almost obsolete below :
a row of jiraemarginal wedge-shaped yellowish sj>ots between veins, that between
3 and 4 large, obsolete below ; yellowish white marginal spots at the vein-ends ;
fringe grey-green, finely chequered with yellowish ; in the basal and median
areas are traces of yellowish cross-lines marked by vein-dots only ; across the
discoeellular and reaching vein 2 is a diffuse grey cloud.
Tlindwing : similar, without basal line or central cloud, but with a small
grey patch at apex.
Underside pale iridescent green, the lines showing through ; costa of forewing
yellow, with fine brownish speckling, underlined before apex by three deep green
blotches ; a brown spot at apex. ^
Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green ; dorsum with white s])ots, a patch
of brown scales on the penultimate segment, and the anal tuft whitish ; face with
two white dots, one on each side below; antennae red-brown with liasal segment
white; palpi externally pale red-brown; forelegs red-brown with white joints;
abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white.
Expanse of wings : 4it mm.
.-. Jc?,4 ??.
The aberration albiiiatit has all the lines white, generally much less marked
than in the ty})e form, except between veins 3 and 4, where the expansion of
the three lines forms a conspicuous whitish patch. It is also, on the average, a
little smaller than the type form.
6 cJ<?,l ?.
In the single ? the white markings are greatly reduced, while the brown
apical blotch of hindwing is amplified.
43. Anisogamia griseonotata s])ec. nov.
Foirivhig : dull grass-green, semi-truns|)arent ; costal edge fuscous, with fine
white striations ; the lines very fine, whitish ; first from one-fifth of costa to
one-third of inner margin, Innulnte-deutate, the teeth pointing inwards, followed
( 81 )
by a (lull t'nscou.s shade ; outer line from two-Uiircls of costa to two-thirds of
inner margin, lunulate-dentate, tlie teeth pointing outwards and marked b)- white
dashes on veins, preceded b}' a fuscous shade : a submarginal row of white spots
between the veins ; a row of large white marginal dots at the voin-cnds ; fringe
green ; cell-mark a tine white crescent, outwardly edged with fuscous.
Ilinduim/ : with some white spots on veins near base; the rest as in forewing,
but the outer line ends in a large white spot on inner margin.
Underside pale iridescent green ; costal edge of forewing yellow with fine
black specks ; a dark speck at apex.
Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green; centre of thorax and metathoracic
tuft fuscous ; abdomen with white dorsal spots ; lower half of face white ; terminal
segment of palpi brown with pale tip ; antennae annulated brown and wiiite.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
8 ??.
44. Anisog'amia iridescens spec. nov.
Forewhu/ : hyaline green, the wing membrane being covered with very fine
hairlike scales ; costal edge fuscous, uniformly cut with white d<its ; all the veins
deeper green alternated with pale points, representing the dark and light lines
crossing the wing, whicli, however, are not visible except on the veins ; the only
visible lines .ire an inner interrupted line from one-fonrth of costa to near middle
of inner margin; an outer line of ])ale lunules from four-fifths of costa to two-
thirds of inner margin, followed by a similar submarginal line and a series of
pale marginal spots, the spots of these three lines all lying in the intervals;
a deep green marginal line containing white ]ioints at the vein-ends ; fringe
mottled green and white.
Hind icing : the same, but without any basal line.
Underside pale iridescent green, the markings merely showing through ;
extreme costal edge towards apex brown.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green s]irinkled with white scales ; face with
white cheeks ; abdomen with whitish dorsal siiots ; antennae fnscons : pectus and
legs whitish green; forelegs fnscons with white joints.
Expanse of wings : :^it mm.
1 cJ.
4;"). Anisogamia sciutillaus spec. nov.
Farnring : deep gri'cn, sprinkled with ilaky white scales, which in some
lights are scintillating ; costa narrowly white ; its inner edge with some brown
striae, which towards apex reach the costal edge; first line marked by white
dots on folds as well as veins ; a white dot on discocellular and another on
vein T) beyond cell ; an exterior and submarginal row of white sjjots between
the veins, forming each a white lunulc on submedian interval and a white sjnit
on inner margin ; the spots beneath vein .5 large and displaced basewards ; tlie
apical spot of the submarginal row large ; on each side of the last series a
series of white dots on the veins ; fringe green with conspicnous white cherpiering.
Ilindiring : without basal line.
Underside jinle green ; the forewing darker except on hindniargin ; costa of
forewing yellow.
6
(. «2 )
Head, tlumix, and abilomt'ii deep green; (illcl lnoadly siiuw-white ; dorsum
with snow-wliite spots; underside of ahdonien, pectus, and lej;s wliite ; I'oretarsi
fiiscons witli pale joints ; antonnal shaft white, the pectinations green.
Expanse of wings : '2^ mm.
1 3.
4(). Anisogamia semiuivea spec. nov.
Forein'iii/ : deep green, irvegnhirly i'rctkled with white ; costal edge white,
witli slight obli(|ne fuscous striae ; basal and subcostal areas powdered with
bluish white ; an ill-defined oblique line near base, marked by white spots on
veins and folds upon a deep green space ; median area occupied by diffuse white
blotches below costa, and above inner margin containing deep green granular
speckling ; outer Hue acutely luunlate-dentate, the lunnles on the folds only
showing white ; marginal area filled with white and green speckling ; a dark
green margintil line; fringe pale green chei[uered with white.
IIiii(hriii(j : white sjieckled with green, except on costal area; a distinct white
Innnlate-dentate outer line, preceded by a deep green shade ; cell-spot deep green.
Underside whitish green, deeper green towards costa of forewing, which is
white.
ITc;id, thorax, and abdomen deep green ; palpi beneath, fillet, antennal shaft,
and dorsal sjiots white ; antennal ]icctinations and forelegs greenish ; abdomen
beneath, pectus, and legs white.
Expanse of wings : 28 mm.
1 cJ, 1 ?.
47. Auisogamia triseriata spec. nov.
Forciving : grass-green; the costal edge finely but conspicuously white;
inner line close to base, very indistinct, ontcurved above and lielow median
vein, and ending in a white spot on inner margin ; discal spot dark, preceded
by a few white scales ; outer line deeply Innulate-dentate, the white lutmles
appearing as an interior line and the white teeth as an exterior line ; large
marginal white spots at the vein-ends ; fringe concolorons.
UiiidiriiKj : similar, but without basal line.
Underside pale bluish green, the fringe showing rather darker.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grass-green; fillet white; dorsum with small
wliito spots; aiiteMiiae with shaft white, and ])e(-tinations greenish ochreous ;
abdomen l)ene!ith, pectus, and legs white; forelegs greenish.
Expanse of wings : ;!4 mm.
2 a.
The jialpi, especially the terminal segment, nuuh sluirtor than usual.
48. Anisogamia viridissima sjjoc. nov.
Foi-eir'uKj : very deep green, the costal edge whitish at base, tlien reddish
In-own : lines bluish white, very slender ; first close to base, dentate inwards
on veins, Innulate outwards ; outer line at four-fifths, dentate-lunulate, the teeth
marked on veins, ontcurved from costa to snbmedian fold, then vertical ; in the
middle of wing, from subcostal vein to snbmedian fold, a broad greenish black
blotch : fringe dee]! green ; cell-spot black.
Iliiiiliriiiii : without inner line.
Underside glossy bluish green ; cost.a of forewiug yellow.
Head, thorax, and alidoraen dark green ; fillet and dorsal spots white ;
alidomen beneath, iiectns, and legs white ; foretarsi green : jialpi green externally.
Expanse of wings : 28 mm.
1 ?.
40. Chlorochroma discata spec. uov.
Foreichnj : deep apple-green, frosted with jialer; eostal edge snow-white,
nnderlined by a fawn-colonred streak ; the two lines huinlate-ilentate, slightly
[laler, edged conversely with deejjer green : first from one-fifth of costa to l.ieyond
one-third of inner margin, obscurely toothed inwards on the veins ; the outer
from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, outcnrved above ;
cell-spot a large round brown disc with deep smoky black centre ; deep red
marginal spot;* at ends of veins ; fringe yellow.
lliiKhviiK] ; the same, the cell-spot somewhat larger.
Underside shining whitish green, deeper green below costa of forewing, which
is snow-white underlined with fawn-colour: fringes whitish ; marginal dots showing
only below apex of forewing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; vertex white, edged behind with ]iink ;
abdomen with yellow dorsal line ; antennae whitish green ; palpi above and foreiegs^
in front tinged with fawn-colour ; abdomen beneath, pectns, and legs wliit('.
Expanse of wings : 36 mm.
Hindmargin of forewing straight and vertical, anal angle square-cut.
50. Chlorochroma flavilimes sjiec nov.
Fm'ewiiig : grass-green ; costal edge white, underlined with yellow, reddish
at base ; lines fine, yellowish white, plainer towards inner margin ; first from
one-si.xtli of costa to one-third of inner margin, bluntly angled on median vein ;
outer parallel to hindmargin, from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner
margin ; fringe vellow, bevond minute red dots at the ends of the veins : rell-spnf
black.
J/i/u//ri/itf : the same, but the outer line slightly curved.
Underside pale green, deeper towards costa of forewing, which is yellow.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark green ; fillet broadly silvery white ; basal
segment and shaft of antennae white, the pectinations greenish : a yellowish white
dorsal line down thorax and abdomen ; anal segment white : abdomen beneath
and legs whitish green, forelegs green-tinged.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
1 cJ, 3 ? ?.
ol. Chlorochroma geminipuacta spec.
nov.
Fori'/r/m/ : ileep sea-green, semi-transparent; costal edge finely dull red;
lines very faint, marked by tlie difference of tint : first oblique from one-sixth
of costa to before middle of inner margin ; second Innulate-dentate, from two-thirds
of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, preceded, as the inner line is followed,
by a deeper green tint; cell-spot black, small, preceded by a reddish streak on
ujiper arm of discocelliilar ; fringe yellowish.
(84)
Hindwhuj : similar.
Underside paler green.
Tliorax and abdonion jircon ; face, palpi, and collar red ; vertex snow-white ;
iintcnnae reddish; paljii and face helow jialer : lorelegs iu front reddish.
Expanse of wintrs : :!ri mm.
1 ?.
.")2. Chlorochroma laticostata spec. nov.
Forewuifi : dull grey-green, snl)tran.^]jareut ; costa broadly white, before apex
underlined with red ; lines dentate-lnnnlate, very faint, the teeth minntely whitish
on the veins ; first from one-sixth of costa to one-third of inner margin, dentate
inwards ; second from three-fonrths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; cell-spot
small, brown : marginal line vinons red, interrnjited at the vein-ends : fringe
yellow.
Ilinthcing : like forewing.
L'nderside whitish green : costa of both wings yellow.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; tillet and antennae white, apical third red ;
abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white.
Expanse of wings : liO mm.
ij,r>??.
;")3. Chlorochroma latistriga spec. nov.
Foretriiig : blue-green, frosted with paler; costal edge white, nnderlined
thronghont with fawn-colonr ; a narrow pale inner line from one-fifth of costa
oliliijue to one-third of inner margin ; an outer nearly straight broad j)ale yellowish
line from three-fonrths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, widening downwards;
cell-spot black, large ; marginal spots black, triangular ; fringe pale yellow.
lUndirhui : similar ; the cell-spot .short and linear ; outer line broad, slightly
curved.
Underside pale green, the broad outer line sliowing through ; costa of forewing
yellow, dnsted with dark ; marginal black spots.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; vertex white ; antennae greenish white ;
abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs white; forelegs green in front; palpi external ly red.
Expanse of wings : -i^) mm.
1 (J,2 ? ¥.
spec.
•">4. Chlorochroma obsoleta
Foreiriiiii : darker greyer green than pimrtillificni ; the two Innnlate-dentatc
lines almost equally indistinct; costal edge more broadly and distinctly yellow;
cell-spot green, not black ; marginal dots smaller, darker ; fringe yellowish.
Hi lid wing : like forewing.
Underside whitish green ; costa of forewing yellow.
Head, thorax, and abdomen deep green; fillet white; antennae greenish;
anal tufts and sides of jirae-anal segments while; abdomen beneath, jiectus, and
legs whitish ; forelegs greenish in front.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 <?, I ?.
The apex of forewing is minntely produced.
( ss )
o.). Chlorochroma punctilligera spec. nov.
ForciriiKi : dnll pale green, the same tint as in C. minor ^Val r. ; (lie costiil
edge white at base, pale fawn-colour beyond ; lines dentate-liinulatc, bnt scarce]}-
perceptible : cell-spot a red-brown point on a grey bunt line ; marginal [loints
minute, reddish ; fringe pale yellow.
lUmhrimi : similar : the lines rather more plain.
Underside uniform pale green.
Thorax and abdomeu green like wings, with a fine yellowish dorsal line ; face
and pali)i deep green ; vertex and antennae white ; abdomeu beneath, pectus, and
legs whitisii ; forelegs greenish.
E.\j)anse of wings : 40 mm.
3 ? ?. One of these is smaller, measuring only ;3o mm.
."it>. Chlorochroma ruficosta spec. nov.
ForewiiKj . grass-green, the marginal half paler; costa rufous witii tine dark
speckling; an obscure pale line from costa near base to nearly one-third (if inner
margin, the green beyond it deeper; a straight ])ale line, parallel to hindmargin,
from two-tliirds of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, where it is pbiiiier,
inwardly edged with darker green; marginal line dull dark pink, still darker at
the vein-ends ; fringe paler pink.
Uiiidwimi : similar.
Underside jiale green ; costa of lioth wings pale, yellowish ; fringe yellowish.
Face, thorax, and dorsum green ; thorax and dorsum with a jiinkish yellow
central line; vertex snow-white; collar crimson; abdomen laterally and beneath,
also the whole anal segment, pectus, and legs whitish green ; forelegs tinged
with pink.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
1 S.
Hindwing with hindmargin bluntly elbowed at middle.
57. Chlorochroma rufistriga spec. nov.
Vnn'irimf : [lale green, frosted with whitish-green scales ; costal edge white,
finely underlined towards base with fawn-colonr : inner line from costa close to
base to one-fourth of inner margin, straight and oblique, whitish outwardly edged
with fawn-colour ; outer line parallel to hindmargin from three-fourths of costa
to two-thirds of inner margin, white internally edged with fawn-colour ; w. fawn-
coloured linear mark on discocellular. bent below njiddle and marked with a daiker
sjiot at the bend; fringe fawn-colour with slightly paler base.
Uiiidwimj : like forewing ; the cell-spot green.
Underside whitish green; furewing towards costa speckled, and at base snlinsed,
with fawn-colour.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green, face deep green ; fillet and antennae wliite,
the former edged behind' with crimson ; shoulders at sides pink ; a1)diiinen witii
broad yellowish dorsal line becoming white towards end, where the anal segments
are themselves wliite; jialpi above and forelegs in front tinged with fawn-colour.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
2 ? ?.
Hindwing with hindmargin rounded.
( «r, )
;iS. Chlorochroma vestigiata spec. nov.
Voiiiriiui : dark grass-green, the same tint as in ''. mfdiotiiiclo Warr., Imt
nut ([uite so tlarlv ; eosta yellowish white ; lines marked by whitish vein-dots, on
a taint, scarcely jierceptible line ; first oblique, from one-sixth ol' costa to one-third
of inner margin ; second line at three-fii'tlis, sliglitly angled on vein 'i, and bent
on vein 4 ; fringe yellowisli ; cell-spot green,
llimhrinq : like forewing, with distinct dark marginal dots; the outer line
angled on vein 4.
Underside whitish green ; marginal dots distinct on both wings.
Head, thora.x. and abdomen dark green ; dorsum with small while dots; liliel
and antennae white: abdomen beneath, i)ectus, and legs whitisli.
K.\])anse of wings : 3o mm.
2 ? ?.
l)iflcrs from (.'. mcdiotim-tu Warr. in the lines, the fringe, and the dorsal spots.
o'.i. Comostola fiavifimbria spec. nov.
Vorcivuiq : ])ale apple-green ; costal edge finely yellow, with a few brown
speckles towards apex ; a very obscure curved line near base, and a dentate-lumdate
inwardly darker-edged line beyond midille: a triangular red-brown cell-s]iot with
some lustrous scales on it ; a thick red-brown marginal line, interrupted by yellow
dots at the vein-ends, overlaid with shining scales ; fringe yellow.
Ifiixhrinij : with the cell-spot larger, iiyriform.
b'nderside jiale green, with the fringes and costa of forewing yellowish ; a
red-brown sjiot at apex of forewing.
Face red above, whitisli below; fillet and antennae white ; vertex yellowish;
thorax and abdomen green ; abdomen beneath pale green ; legs whitish ; forelegs
tinged with reddish.
Exjianse of wings : 22 mm.
1 ?.
t'loselv allied to C. nUilHinlo-hi Warr.. from the Khasias.
'ill. Comostola rufimargo spec. nov.
Forcicinii : ]iale a]ijilc-grcen : costa deep pink, freckled with shining ilark
scales; hindraargin and fringe pink; thick red marginal lunnles between veins,
overlaid with lustrous scales ; a jiink yellow-edged sjiot on inner margin before
one-third indicates the inner line; a similar, but larger, spot at two-thirds ends
the outer line, which is marked across wing by small white vein-dots, starting
from a dark costal spot ; discal spot like those on inner margin.
UiiKhriMj : the same, but without the sj)ot indicating inner line
Underside pale shining green, the fringes pinkish tinged.
Face, ])alpi, vertex, and basal half of dorsum deep pink; fillet while; antennae
reddish ; thorax, patagia, anal half of abdomen, and its base laterally green :
underside and legs pale greenish white.
Exjianse of wings ; 1<5— IS mm,
4 (?cJ, 4 ? ?.
( 87 )
liJ. Comostolodes castaneata sj>l'c. nov.
J'arr/riiK/ : apple-greini ; costal area paler, the costal edge pale t'awii-ioliMir ;
lines bright chestnut-brown, double, starting from subcostal vein ; first vertical at
one-fourth, the two arms divergent aliove middle ; median beyond middle, waved,
bent inwards along vein 2, then vertical to middle of inner margin ; space between
the arms in lioth lines green ; a brown marginal shade, obliquely swollen at apex,
ibrniing an inward triangle on vein 4, and swollen into a large blotch before
anal angle, which touches middle line as a ronndish blackish blotch, externally
edged by a white spot, the red-brown above it nearly reaching vein '?> ; a row of
deejier brown dashes between veins along margin ; fringe brown, faintly che(piered
with greenish ; cell-spot black.
lUiulirimj : with only the brown border, which is much swollen at apex and
anal angle, containing a i)ale pink blotch above vein 4, between which and vein 'Z
the green ground-colour rnns out nearly to hindmargin ; inner margin narrowly
brown nearly to base.
Underside dull green, with all the brown markings showing through.
Head and paljii mixed, red-brown and whitish; sides of metathorax, tips
of jiatagia, and abdomen red-brown ; thorax otherwise green ; abdomen beneath,
pectus, and legs pale green ; forelegs red-brown mottled with i)ale.
Exi)anse of wings : 22 mm.
2 Si.
62. Comostolodes viridifimbria spec, no v.
Forcicinr/ : grass-green, rather thinly scaled; costal edge jiale brown; lines
denoted by white dots on veins, the lowest in each series, on vein 1, being larger
and ringed with bi-own ; first line marked otherwise only by a dot on median vein
at the origin of vein 2 ; the onter line at four-fifths, parallel to hindmargin, angled
on vein (1 and starting from a white spot at three-fourths of costa, with the spot
on vein 4 like that on vein 1 ; white marginal dots at the ends of the veins ;
fringe green ; cell-spot brown.
Hindiciitg : without lines ; cell-spot brown ; marginal spots white, large, that
at anal angle ringed with brown.
Underside paler green : the spots of onter line of forewing showing throngh.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; fillet and front of shoulders whitish.
Expanse of wings : 2ii mm.
2 SS.
i;:!. Gelasma imitans sjiec. nov.
Forcicinf) : dull grey-green; costal edge finely speckled, fuscous and white:
lines white, Innulate-dentate ; hrst from one-fifth of costa to two-tifths of inner
margin, dentate inwards on veins ; outer line froin five-sixths i)f costa to two-thirds
of inner margin, rnnning parallel to hindmargin to vein 2, then rnnning in
basewards ; the hmules on each side of vein 4 broadly white and disi)la(ed
basewards, followed by a similar double white Innule touching hindmargin :
marginal spots large and white ; fringe ]iale green ; cell-s])ot dark green.
HhidwiMj : like forewing, but with no basal line.
Undersiilc jiale green, the white lunules showing throngh ; costa of forewing
yellow.
( 88)
Head, iLidrax, and abdoiiii'ii <;ii.x'ii ; autfuiiae wIuIl' ; tillet sliglitly jialer green.
Expanse of wings : 40 lum.
1 ?.
In tlie ,;;riuitL'i' dcvcluimient of llir white markings at middle i>f liiudtnargia
of botb wings this speeies mimics several sj)ecies (if A/t/.i()i/u////fi.
04. Gelasma invidens spec. nov.
FoiririiKi : ilull greyish green ; cosia fnscons sjieekleil wilh wliite; lines while,
distinct, dentate-liinulate ; first from one-tifth of costa to two-lifths of inner margin,
dentate inwards on veins ; outer line from tbree-foiuths of costa to two-tliirds of
inner margin, the limnles on the folds stronger; cell-s])0t dark green; fringe
pale green, ]ialer at tips.
IlinihciiKj : without inner line.
Underside paler green.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; fillet and aiitennal shaft white, the
pectinations greenish ; dorsum with white dots ; forelegs greenish.
Expanse of winns : 38 mm.
I S.
(')."). Gelasma spumata sjiee. nov.
Forewiiii/ : semi-transparent, jiale dull green frosted with white scales ; a
slightly curved inner and an obliijue broader postmediau band of uuspeckled green ;
a tine waved submarginal line ; cell-spot dark green ; fringe jiale green.
Iliiulidni/ : similar, but the outer band narrow, and acutely angled on vein 4 ;
cell-spot large, black.
Underside whitish green.
Face and jialpi above olive-green ; thorax and abdomen pale green speckled
with whitish ; vertex whitish, with a few green scales ; aVidouien beneath, pectus,
and legs whitish ; forelegs olive-green in front.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 ?.
00. lodis bicolor spec. nov.
I'oreuiiig : semi-transparent hoary green ; the costal edge narrowly fawn-
colour, green at base ; lines luuulate-dentate, indicated only by the difference of
colour ; first vertical, from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, dentate
inwards on veins, followed by a deep green shade ; second from two-thirds of costa
to two-thirds of inner margin, the teeth on veins :> and 4 projecting, preceded by
a deep green shade ; fringe green ; cell-spot black.
IJiiiihriii)/ : without basal line.
Underside jiale green, with the cell-spots and outer band showing llirough.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green; antennae greenish wliite; abdomen beneath,
pectus, and legs whitish ; forelegs greenish.
Expanse of wings : 22 mm.
'MS.
Very much like I. JrayiUa Warr., but rather smaller; the cell-spots black,
not green.
( 89 )
117. lodis conimixta j^pte. iwv.
Forewing : deep moss-green, varied along middle of central fascia and along
liindmargin with whitish striae ; costal edge finely fawn-colour ; two broad dittuse
dark shades, the first cnrved at cue-third, the onter at two-thirds ; on the outer
side of this last can be seen a Innulate-dentate line, with the teeth marked white on
tlie veins ; a fine dark marginal line ; IVinge paler green ; cell-mark greeu.
IliMliriiKj : like forewing.
Underside whitish green, deeper beneath the dark bands.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; fillet and antennae snow-white ; abdomen
beneath, pectus, and legs white ; forelegs greenish iu front.
Exjiause of wings : -!'.) mm.
2 ? ?.
Larger than l./raijiU.^ Warr., wilh more confused markings.
nov.
08. Pyrrhoi'achis ruficeps spec.
Foieicing : briglit ajiple-green ; costa, liindmargin, and fringe deep pink : the
costal streak freckled with fuscous ; the liindmargin with some grey scales and
inwardly edged with yellowish.
lliiiihciiii/ : with the hindmargin and fringe jiiiik from l)efore apex to above
anal angle.
Underside pale greeu ; fringes and costa of forewing pale pink.
Upper half of face, vertex, and dorsal streak deep pink ; antennae pink and
white : lower half of face and fillet white; patagia and sides of abdomen green ;
abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs whitish : forelegs pink.
Expanse of wings : c^, 17 mm. ; ¥, ".'2 mm.
3 S6, 1 ?.
*i'J. Rhomborista exililinea spec. nov.
Fori'iciufi : deep emerald greeu ; costal edge snow-white : lines very fine, jjali'
green ; first from near base of costa obliipiely cnrved to one-third of inner margin :
onter line from two-thirds of costa t<i two-thirds of inner margin, irregularly
crenulate, the teeth on veins 3 and 4 jirojeetiug outwards, running in strongly
along vein 2, an<l again obliiiuely outwards, jiarallel to inner line; cell-spot deep
green ; marginal spots white and hii'ge, between the veins ; fringe purplish grey,
with a whitish middle line,
llimhriiuj : like forewing.
Underside almost white; costa of forewing yellowish; fringe white wilh the
outer half purplish grey and with purplish grey spots beyond the vein-ends.
Head, thorax, and abdomen deeji green; dorsum with silvery white spots:
sides of the iirae-anal segments and anal segment itself white : fillet and antenna!
shaft white, the pectinations greenish ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs shining
white : forelegs tinged with greeu in front.
Expanse of wings : c?, 4n — 44 niui. : ?,44mm.
0 t? c?, 2 ? ? .
This species stands i|uite alone, and will probably reipiire a new genus for
its reception.
r 90 )
Til. Thalassodes zebrata spec. nov.
ForcuiKg : green, crossed olili'|uely by lliive pairs nf broad gretniisli wliile
bands ; two near base, two in middle, bro;idev and coalesccnt Ijelow median vein,
separating again towards inner margin, containing above a dark green crescentic
cell-spot; two towards hindmargin, ending above anal angle : fringe green ; costal
edge brownish oolireons : the inner edge of the outside band is obscurely lunulate,
outlined by a dentate line which is only clear below middle, running in basewards
above vein 2, and again angulated outwards on vein 1.
Jlindirinij : almost wholly greenish white ; a curved dark green line IVom near
base of costa to one-third of inner margin, which is dark green throughout; a
dark green streak from beyond middle of costa, angled on vein 4, becoming dentate-
Innuhite and narrow to two-thirds of inner margin, bounded outwardly by a
greenish-white line; marginal area frosted with greenish white; a dark green
discal line.
Underside mealy whitish green : costa of lorewing yellowish.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green; fillet and hiwer jiart of face while;
abdiimen beneath, pectus, and legs white ; forelegs greenish.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
Srm--A5aLY STERRHINAE.
Tl. Perixera (?) bisecta spec. nov.
J'lin/n'iii/ : greyish stone-colour, dusted with fine dark atnms and tingeil
with pale fawn; first line curved, close to base, and marked by duts on veins;
second at five-sixths, similarly marked : marginal dots minnte ; cell-sjuit hardly
marked; median shade re])resented by a brown-red straight line a little beyond
middle ; fringe j)aler.
Hiitdicinij : similar ; cell-spot whitish ; outer line jilainer.
Underside whitish, slightly rosy-tinged, especially in the forewing ; luedian
band and outer line marked; dark marginal triangles.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face fuscous above, whitish below ;
l)alpi reddish above; abdomen laterally with some red marks.
Expanse of wings : 3.") mm.
:-' V ?.
''-. Perixera C') festiva spec. miv.
I'on'iriiKj : ]i;i,le pearl-grey, darker at base, wilh imnierdiis purpli>h sjieckles ;
first line obscure, marked by dark points on veins and folds, and when visible
ontcurved above and below median vein, olive ; median shade olive, thick, incurved
below median ; irregularly lunulate-dentate ; cell-spot blackish, small ; outer line
marked by jMirjile spots on veins ; praesubterminal shade marked by three olive
clouds, at costa, beyond cell, and above inner margin ; marginal sj)ots purj)le ;
fringe concolorous.
llimhviiHj : like forewing, but the cell-s]iot is feri'Uginous, with some pale
scales in centre, the whole within a dark purplish ring.
Underside whitish : forewing sntVnsed and speckled witli dull reddish ; outer
line and cell-s]iot dull led ; marginal line purplish; liindwing with costa and cell-
spot red ; outei' and marginal lines purplish.
( '-n )
Head, tljciiax, and aliilniueii like wiii^s. tlic abdoiucu tiiiucd willi viudiis :
face and palpi deep red-lmiwii ; abdomen beneatb wliitisb ; le^'s in front reddish.
Exjianse of wings : 34 mm.
4 ¥ ?. ^
7;'>. Perixera (h iudigens spee. nov.
Foiciri/n/ : greyish stone-colour, dnsted with grey ; basal line very obscure,
marked by dark dots on veins; cell-spot a small dark jwint; median shade from
two-thirds of costa, curved to submedian fold, then vertical ; outer line at five-
sixths, marked by dark dots on veins ; marginal spots black ; fringe concolorous
or slightly paler.
Illndirimi : the same ; in one example the cell-spots eilged with black scales.
Underside i)ale stone-colour, with slight rosy suffusion in forewiiig ; outer line
marked in both wings; black marginal triangles in both.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face above dark fuscous, jale below;
palpi reddish fuscons above, pale below ; abdomen at sides with rosy stains.
Expanse of wings : 3-5 mm.
2 ? ?.
T4. Perixera 0) stabilata spec. nov.
ForririiKi : stone-colour, tinged with i)aie fawn and finely dusted with ibirk
atoms ; basal line marked only by minute dots on veins; outer Hue from three-
fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin Innulate-dentatc, but only the dark
teeth on the veins distinct, preceded by a faint darker median shade parallel to it,
and followed at the same distance by the shade preceding submarginal jiale line,
marked by slight dark dots between the veins, more conspicuous on each side
of vein 5 and forming on the subniedian fold a black V-shaped mark ; the shade
following the snbmarginal line being also marked with dark scales above inner
margin ; cell-spot small, pale, with a few dark scales round it ; marginal dots
black ; fringe concolorous.
HimlwiDq : similar ; hindmargin with tine dark dots at the ends of veins
as well as between.
Underside jialer, with fine dark striations ; cell-sjwt of forewing dark ; only
the outer line distinct, marked with black ])oints on veins.
Head, thorax, and aljdomen concolonius with wings : face and pulfii dark
fuscous above.
Expanse of wings : 4>> mm.
IV. •
T.i. Perixera subrosea spec. nuv.
Foi-inriiKj : dull brick-red, thickly dusted with olive fuscous; basal line
generally obscure, marked by darker points on veins and slightly curved outwards
above and below median ; cell-spot whitish, surrounded with a few dark scales;
median shade at three-fifths, iui'urved below middle, obscurely lunulate-dentate ;
outer line at five-sixths, marked by distinct black vein-dots ; black marginal dots
between veins ; fringe concolorous.
Uimla-imi : similar: the cell-dot snmetimes ringed with black scales from
subcostal vein.
( n2 )
Umlersidc iU'f|i ilull rusy, sniiicwlint piilcr, luorc ycllo\vif;li, in Ijindwiiic,
especially towards abilniuinal luargiii ; tli(^ liiiidiUiirLiiri with dull red triangles
between veins ; the onter line alone marked.
Head, thorax, alidoiuen, and antennae concoloruns ; ]iai|ii litdow, extreme base
of face, abdomen beneath, and legs ]iale yellowish ; Ibrelegs red ; liindtibiae with
a thick fringe of red hairs, the femora with yellower hairs.
Expanse of wings: ;i.j mm.
4 66,4 ??.
76. Problepsis magna s|i('c. nov.
Fnrr/r/m/ : white: costa grey ; markings as in /'/7)/>/ry«/(;f/c.'( i:()i'J'///rtivaWa,rr.
from India; the ocellns large, nearly round, the outer orbit olive ochreons ;
its interior above vein 4 white, with tine blatk scales ; the lower part velvety-
black, crossed by the ochreons veins :> and 4 ; a clondy grey median shade,
visible at middle of costa, rnns vertically from the ocellus to three-tifths of inner
margin; the base of inner margin largely spangled with silvery scales; outer line
ochrcous-grey, followed by a macnlar grey band ; a thin grey shade before the
very fine black marginal line ; fringe silvery-white.
Iliiidirimi : with outer half of ocellus only, the orbit being sim])ly exterior ;
the inner edge straight and formed of silvery scales; tiie outer area also silvery,
but mixed internally with a few brown scales ; the orbit continued to two-thirds
of inner margin, where there are some silvery scales.
Underside white.
Palpi and face white below, black above; vertex black; thorax white;
abdomen grey above with brown semi-lustrous dorsal spots, white below ; antennae
ferruginous.
Expanse of wings : 46 mm.
77. Ptychopoda bipartita spec. nov.
Fore/ri/ii/ : glossy whitish ochreons overlaid with pale grey; the outer line
and two sulmiarginal shades sinuous and distinct; the basal curved and obscure;
a red-brown straight line at middle touching the black cell-spot ; fringe pale, with
dark dots at base beyond veins.
Iliiiilirimj : similar ; the brown line in front of the cell-spot.
Undersidi' )iale oclireous, with the lines broadly greyer; median shade olive-
brown, hardly touching cell-spot in forewing; in hindwing angled at oell-spot.
Thorax an<l abdomen like wings, but darker grey ; face and pal[ii black.
Ex()anse of wings: 17 mm.
1 cJ,-' ? ?.
78. Ptychopoda exempta spec. nov.
Forewing : shining greyish ochreons ; basal line curved, at one-fourth ; median
oblique from two-thirds of costa to before middle of inner margin, preceded liy a
black cell-spot : onter line finely Innnlate-dentate ; praesubmarginal shade swollen
and Innate below middle : fringe paler, with dark dots beyond veins at the hase.
lUiulwiKij : without basal line; cell-spot hirge, black; outer line strongly
insinuate on the folds.
( !'3 )
Underside yellow ochreous, with the lines and shades grey ; cell-siiot» black,
distinct.
Vertex, thorax, and abdomen lilce wings ; face and imlpi black.
Expanse of wings : Ifl mm.
3 ? ? .
Subfamily HYDT?I0MENINAE.
TO. Anticlea semiflava spec. nov.
Forewing : purple, the lines green ; edge of basal patch formed by a sligiitly
curved green line with a fine purple centre ; inner edge of central ftiscia sharply
angled inwards on median vein, and as sliarj)ly outwards on the two folds, green
like the basal line, with a purple line near its enter edge ; outer edge of fascia
sharply indented on vein 7, insinuate beyond cell, with a blunt double projection on
vein 3, vertically waved from vein 2, the green band following with its inner edge
white ; a vertical whitish band with a waved jmrple line on its outer edge from
middle of costa to median vein, enclosing the linear black cell-spot, and joining
three greenish streaks between submedian fold and vein 4 ; snbmarginal line
waved, greenish, very faint, preceded and followed in U])per half of wing bv
a large greenish patch with a bluisli-white centre; pairs of black s])uts at the
end of veins ; fringe purple mottled with green.
lliiidiviiKj : deep yellow, with base greenish and fringe dark grey.
Underside of forewing mouse-colour, dusted with pale along costa, the inner
margin whitisli ; cell-spot a blackish curved line ; hindwing mousc-colonr tinged
with reddish and thickly dnsted with yellowish ; a dark curved snbmarginal line ;
cell-spot dark.
Head and thorax green ; abdomen purple sprinkled with green ; vertex, collar,
shoulders, and patagia green with spots of purple ; abdomen beneath and legs
purplish sprinkled with green scales.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
2 S3. ~
^'1. Chaetolopha ('0 antennata sjiec. nov.
Voreiriiiij : cream-colour, covered with pale green scales ; the lines violet ;
basal line at one-fourth, angled outwards ou median vein, and incurved below ;
edges of central fascia comjiosod of narrow violet bands; the inner curved, at two-
fifths, projecting slightly basewards at median and submedian veins; the outer
i'rom three-fourths of eosta to two-thirds of inner margin, toothed outwards on
veins 3 and 4, then incurved, the fascia below middle wholly violet : some violet
scales along the conrse of submarginal line.
Hiridtrinfi : paler, with a single violet line across middle.
Underside like upper, but less distinct.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale varied with green: dorsum with indications
of violet bands.
Expanse of wings: 15 mm.
, 1 S.
The single example is much worn : I have placed it temporarily in Chactolojj/ia
Inmi its superficial likeness to ('. sj//f/ii/e/is, but it will probably require a separate
( !»4 )-
^eiius ; till' liindiuargiii of torewing is siunatp ami cueniiliito, the auteiiiiae long,
with angled segments, and long cilia. The anal segments of abdomen are swollen,
as often in ('liiirtnlniili<t, lint the neuration is that of F.iicijmntogi-.
>>!. Chaetolopha flexilinea spec. nov.
Vorcivimj : brownish fawn-e.olonr, the cell and si)ace beyond to hindmargin
jialer ; a slight brown line at one-fifth, vertical, inbent on costal and snbmedian
veins ; inner and onter lines jiarallel thronghont to each other, from costa at
two-fifths and two-thirds, oblicjne inwards above subcostal and below median veins,
bent ontwards between, dark brown, edged conversely with white, the space
between them darker brown: cell-spot dark brown, vertical; siibmarginal line
forming dark bi'own lunules, interrupted beyond cell and below costa; a dark
marginal line interrnpted by the veins ; fringe concolorons, the tips white-spotted.
liuidirhn] : wliitish ochreons, browner along hindmargin, with a faint outer
line; fringe dark grey.
Underside duller, tlie hindwing speckled ; cell-spots and outer lines jilain in
both wings.
Head and thorax like forewings ; abdomen paler, more sjieckled.
Expanse of wings : •i\ mm.
2 ??.
82. Chaetolopha fulgurata spec. nov.
Voreinmj : bright fulvous, suffused with darker : the cell and space beyond
to subniarginal line j)alcr ; a slight spot at base and a narrow waved vertical line
near base brown with a few white scales ; inner line at one-third, snow-white,
outwardly edged with black-brown, minntely dentate outwards on the veins ; outer
line at two-thirds, parallel to hindmargin, but with a strong shoulder on vein 4,
snow-white, inwardly edged with black-brown ; submarginal line brown-black,
marked by an oldiqne snow-white dash above vein (!, and below vein 4 acutely
dentate, followed by some white brown-speckled scaling, the veins across it brown ;
above vein 4 the line itself is interrupted, but followed by horizontal brown streaks
between the veins ; fringe whitish, with brown chequering beyond veins ; cell-spot
dark brown, vertical.
Ilii<(hrhui : fulvous, much paler towards base, with a darker angled middle
line and traces of a submarginal line, especially at apex, which is speckled with
grey.
rnderside dull fulvons, the lines showing brown, and only the snbapical dash
white ; hindmargin grey-brown, with ]iale dusting ; hindwing with large brown
cell-Kpof and brown angled jiostmedian line ; the marginal area brown with grey
dusting, and a dark snbmarginal line: the brown-grey scales form a shade also
along snbmedian \\\]i\.
Head, thorax, and abdomen deej' fulvous; metafliorax with a snow-white
vertical line; first segment of dorsum brownish.
In the i the basal two-thirds of hiiidwiiig beneath is cldtlied with fine
furry hairs.
Expanse of wings : ".'(i mm.
•■) 66, 1 ?.
Superficially greatly resembling CIhh'IoIojjIhi huwojjliruymu Meyr. from Australia,
but in that species the snbapical white mark is horizontal.
( 95 )
^o. Chaetolopha pictipennis spec. imv.
Forewiiii/ : purple plnm-colonr ; the markings deep lirowii, edged with orange
n,iid yeUow lines ; basal patch witli the edge vertical ; inner edge of central fasria
nearly ])arallel to it ; outer edge sinnous, from three-fourths of costa to three-fourths
of inuer margin, bent in below vein 0 ; submarginal line waved, orange, from costa
just beyond outer edge of ftiscia-, outcnrved and reaching inner margin before anal
angle, preceded by a plum-coloured band, the inner edge of which is convex
basewards and runs to apex, crossing and interrupting submarginal line, with a
yellow spot at apex and another where tlie lines separate on vein (i ; fringe
]dum-colour.
Hiiuhriiuj : coppery red, dusted with blackish fuscous ; a straight dark
jiostmedian line, edged by an nnspeckled space of red before the dark hindmargin ;
fringe dark.
Underside dull coppery red, the markings brown-black edgeil with brighter red.
Head, thorax, and abdomen purple.
Expanse of wings : ".'U' mm.
84. Chaetolopha rectilineata.
Pnh.,„„<( icri;i;,„'al,i Warr., Xar. Z.,..l. v. p. 2411 ^ (1898),
This s]iecies must be transferred to Chaetolopha.
85, Chaetolopha ruptistriga spec. nov.
ForeiciiKj : dull chestnut-brown ; a large wedge-shaped area of dull purplish
grey running through wing from base of cell to hindmargin, interrupting the lines ;
a snow-white inwardly oblique bar at base, edged with black-brown, from costal
to median vein ; inner and onter lines at two-fifths and two-thirds, snow-white,
edged conversely with black-brown, oblique from costa to subcostal vein,
reajjpearing below median vein, as similar, but more oblique, streaks to inner margin ;
submarginal line denoted only by a more obscure white streak from inuer margin ;
veins close to hindmargin chestnut, interrupting the dark marginal line ; fringe
dark grey, the onter half whitish.
Ilindwiny : pale ochreous, with a curved grey central line, becoming jiale
fulvous before the darker hindmargin.
Underside dull grey-brown, greyer along hindmargins ; costa of forewing
fulvous ; hindwing with two bent brown lines, the space between them fulvous.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark lirown ; a snow-white, jiartially interrupted,
line from tips of pali)i along face, thorax, and dorsum.
Expanse of wing.s : 24 mm.
2 $S,\ ?.
In the ? the brown is ])aler and brighter.
86. Chaetolopha splendens spec. nov.
Forewiny : glossy pale straw-yellow ; lines and veins bright brown, also the
costa at base ; basal line vertical at one-fourth ; inner edge of central fascia at
two-fifths, outcurved on submedian fold; outer edge at two-thirds, projecting
bluntly at vein 4, and insinuate below, the two edges closely approximated on the
fold ; space between, like the basal patch, with brown suft'usion and lines : space
beyond basal patch traversed by a brown line, a thick subaiai'ginal line, forking at
( 96 )
vein li to ajiox, followed liy an obscurely edged line of lirijiht liiiiales ; fringe
glossy yellow with brown lines beyond veins.
IHiwUrinq : pale yellow, lines of uudersiJe sliowing through; fringe ]>alo
yellow.
Underside of foiewing Hushed with pale tawny : costa black-spoekled : the
lines fnlvons ; hindwiug with tliree ('(piidistant fulvous lines, the outermost forked
to apex.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow flushed here and there with brown ;
tarsi dee]) brown with pale joints.
Expanse of wings : S IS mm. ; ? 22 mm.
1 cJ,2 ? ?.
87. Chaetolopha tristriata spec. nov.
Voi-i'u-imi : pale olive-grey, dusted with darker ; a dark olivo-green shade at
one-third, inw.ardly darker an<l edged with pale, outwardly diifuse ; a similar shade
at two-thirds, slightly nearer first on inner margin than on costa; a submarginal
irregularly waved dark line, inwardly pale-edged; veins towards hindmargin dull
])ink : fringe pinkish ochreons, with darker chequering beyond veins ; costal edge
and snb('ostal vein dull pink ; cell-spot olive.
Illntlwinq : dnll greyish pink, more olive towards base, crossed about niidille
by a thick dark paler-edged shade ; fringe pink.
Underside of forewiug ))inkish brown, the veins pinkish brown, those below
middle reaching margin as wedge-shaped marks ; hindmargin between the veins
olive-green speckled with whitish scales, at apex more whitish ; middle line
showing on costa as a yellowish streak, outer line as a row of wiiite spots ; fringe
brown-pink with dark checpiering : hindwiug white, in basal area densely sprinkled
with olive scales, the white showing clear only before the dark brown cross-line,
which is followed by a brownish ochreons and then an olive shade ; marginal area
olive, with a dark waved submarginal line preceded by a whiter spac'e ; inner
margin with its fringe brown.
Head and thorax grey ; dorsum dull red, with the margins ol' segments aN<l
anal segment greyish white ; legs red-brown, with pale joints.
Expanse of wings : c? 2(i mm. ; ? 30 mm.
1 c?,3 ? ?.
The ? is a little paler than the c?. The species is luucli like I'lOjiitliiw
allci iKilii W'arr. from l!ou Islaiiil, liut liirger.
8><. Coenocalpe augustipeunis siicc. uov,
l\trv)ni((j : greyish white, the costal half dift'usely fawn-brown ; the subcostal
vi-in with splashes of white to middle; crossed by obscure oblique dark lines,
lunulate outwards and dentate inwards on the veins, and only distinct towards
inner margin; the veins faintly dotted dark and light: the three ]irinciiial lines
double ; a paler costal space in centre of fascia continuing the small lilaek cell-sjiot ;
in the enter line a black dash on snbmedian fold: nuirginal festoon dark; fringe
chequered dark and light grey.
Ilimlwimj : wliiter, with no fawn-coloured suffusion ; the lines fairly distinct ;
fringe whitish.
Underside fawn-grey, shining ; costa whitish ; lines dark only on costa of
forewiug ; fringes white with. dark mottling.
( 97 )
Head, thorax, ami abdomen like wings ; the head and thorax somewhat
darker ; abdomen beneath, jjectns, and legs whitish ; Ibretarsi blackish, with the
joints pale ; palpi externally dark.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
4 66.
The wings are peculiarly narrow ibr the genus.
89. Coenocalpe hirtivena spec. nov.
Forewiiuj : pale fawn-grey, dnsted with dark atoms ; crossed by a succession
of brownish grey lines all hinulatc outwards and dentate inwards on the veins ; the
inner, outer, and jjraesul (marginal double and accompanied each by a brownish
grey shade ; the luuules along the costal area all clear and well-detined ; all the
lines forming blackish dashes across the veins, alternating with the paler inter-
spaces ; median vein with linear patches of raised black scales to the end of cell ;
cell-spot black, oblic^ne ; snbmarginal line wavy, whitish, sometimes with a darker
shade on both sides ; marginal festoon black, joined between the veins by black
dashes with the teeth of snbmarginal line ; fringe concolorous.
In the ¥ the shade beyond outer line forms a dark blotch beyond cell.
llindidmj : similar ; the hindmargin strongly crennlate.
Underside much paler, especially towards base, with two postmedian and a
submargiual dark curved shade ; cell-spots black ; costa of forewing cream-colour.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings.
Expanse of wings : 3s mm.
1 c?,3 ¥ ?.
The costal shoulder of forewing is roughly fringed with hairs.
Ot). Coenocalpe semirufata spec. nov.
ForciciiKj : pale vinous ; the lower half of central fascia fuscous, also the
marginal area between veins 4 and 5 ; marginal area between veins 2 and 4 white ;
inner edge of central fascia from one-third of costa, outcurved above median and
slightly again below, then oblique inwards to one-third of inner margin ; outer edge
from three-fourths of costa, lunulate-dentate, the teeth pointing basewards, to three-
fourths of inner margin, roundly biiobed between 2 and 4 ; closely preceded and
followed by the darker line of the pale fasciae ; snbmarginal line marked by white
dots between the veins ; marginal line crenulate, dark red, interrupted by pale spots
at the veins and preceded there by patches of pale scales ; fringe vinous.
Ilinthcing : with the central fascia much broader, only its edges fuscous.
Underside grey, glossy ; cell-spots and lines darker ; fringe vinous.
Head, thorax, and first two segments of abdomen pale vinous ; rest of ulidomen
fuscous and vinous mixed, the third segment sharply blackish fuscous ; face and
palpi deej) vinous ; legs externally fuscous, the tarsi black, with pale joints.
Exjianse of wings : 33 mm.
3 66.
'.)I. Coenocalpe ustimacula spec. nov.
Forewing : dark ashy grey, the costal half blackish grey, with the pale intervals
forming white costal patches ; cell-spot black, lying in the middle pale sj)ace ; lines
all Innulate outwards and dentate inwards, the outer and praesnbmargiual blackest,
( 98 )
forming black jiuiiits lowarcls inner margin ; siibmargiiial jiaif, iireci'ilcd and lollowid
by black sagittate markings ; fringe black bevDud veins, jialer between.
Uimhi-incj : with costal half pale grey, inner-margiual half blackish.
Underside shining, iron-grej' ; costa of forewing pale ; cell-spot and the ends
of lines of costa black ; fringe black and white.
Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish ; basal segment of abdomen and meta-
thorax pale grey, the metathorax with a thick black angular mark ; shoulders and
patagia with a pair of minute white dots; basal half of abdomen beneath, pectus,
and legs white ; foretarsi black, with white joints.
Expanse of wings : 32 mm.
2 c?c?.
In the tyi)e specimen the costa of forewing and centre of hiudwing are tinged
with reddish fawn-colour.
92. Coenocalpe xylinata spec. nov.
Forewing : wood-brown, the markings slightly darker, but very indistinct ; the
lines forming dark and pale dashes on the veins ; a paler brownish space at apex ;
submarginal line marked by jiale dots between veins, followed by black dashes to
the margin ; fringe brown.
llinduiiig : paler, with the lines more plain ; two before the dark cell-spot
and two beyond, closer together, followed by a blackish band projecting outwards in
middle ; three outer lines also angled and marked black and light on veins ; fringe
brown.
Underside greyish ochreous ; the lines all darker and the cell-spots black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale and dark brown ; palpi and face below
blackish ; anal segment of abdomen paler.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 ?.
93. Collix examplata spec. nov.
Forcicing : fuscous, with darker fuscous lines and shades ; all the markings
confused ; the darker lines forming blackish dashes on veins alternating with pale
ochreous ones ; cell-spot large and blai:k ; the base of veins 3 and 4 shows as a
pale ochreous space ; the submarginal line is preceded by blackish patches at costa,
beyond cell, and towards inner margin ; a paler space from outer line runs between
veins 0 and 7 towards apex ; black curved marginal lines between veins, with a
pale dot at the veins ; fringe dark fuscous.
Ilimhclng : with less dark suH'nsion, and the markings therefore plainer ; a
curved dark antemedian line followed by a sinuate black cell-spot ; three waved
central lines, followed by a pale band with dark centre ; marginal area dark fuscous
with obscure pale submarginal line ; the disc reddish tinged.
Underside rufous ochreous ; cell-spots black ; two outer series of dull blackish
semi-coniiuent spots on veins ; the outer one interrnpted between 3 and 4 ; fringe
blackish.
I'alpi reddish grey, terminal segment and the base of second segment fuscous
head, thorax, and aliduinen like wings.
Expanse of wings : 4U mm.
1 ?.
( 99 )
94. Crasilogia dispar ab. simplex uov.
Aloiii; wi(.li a fair number of t^vpical ('. dispar Warr. of both sexes 1 find 2 cj cC
of remarkably aberrant structnre ; of tbese one, of normal size, has the forevving
exactly like that of the S type, the other, much smaller, has the forewing almost
exactly like that of the ? ; in both cases, however, the hindwings are shaped and
coloured as in the ? , without a sign of any of the secondary sexual characters that
apjicar in the normal S, and their neuration is that of the ?. In both cases the
retinaculum of the forewings and the fine frenulum of the hindwings is distinct ;
besides which the condition of the two insects precludes any suspicion of mending.
95. Crasilogia? fumipennis spec. nov.
Foreiomg : ochrcous, suffused throughout with brownish grey ; the basal area
and central fascia brownish fuscous, the lines of the latter forming three dark bands
with fainter intervals ; the edges crenulate, the outer deeply insinuate beyond cell
and projecting on vein 3, finely edged with whitish ; three dark waved Hues alter-
nating with paler ones before the submarginal, which is yellowish and lunulate-
dentate, both the luunles and teeth projecting outwards ; a black blotch before it
between veins 6 and 7, passing into apex, and the lines before it blackened and
confluent between 3 and 4; the spaces between 5 and 6, and 2 and 3 filled with
black and white scales ; pairs of square black spots at the ends of the veins, which
are yellowish ; fringe chequered pale aud dark brown ; cell-sj)ot black ; the dark
inner edge of central fascia extended to basal patch above submediau.
Ilimlwing : smoky fuscous, with the postmedian area fulvous ; traces of two
or three curved shades from inner margin ; costal area whitish.
Underside ochreous, suffused in forewing with grey, with all the lines dark
grey, becoming black on the costa, which is yellowish ; hindwing clear ochreous,
with three thick grey lunulate shades sejiarated by finer lunulate lines.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish fuscous intermixed with jjaler ; abdomen
beneath and legs ochreous ; fore and middle tibiae and tarsi black, with yellow joints.
Expanse of wings : 39 mm.
1 ¥.
Though very different in a])pearance above from Crasiloijia disjxir, I refer it to
the genus from the great resemblance in the marking of the underside.
96. Diactinia intromissa spec. nov.
Forewing : with the lines snow-white, the basal patch and central fascia
blackish fuscous ; the former edged by a fine white line, and in one specimen
crossed by a whitish line ; the edges of central fascia liroadly white, meeting on
the submediau fold, then separating again and forking symmetrically to inner
margin, as a double curve denticulate inwards on vein 1 ; the inner edge is also
dentate into the fascia along the cell-fold ; the interval between basal ])ateh and
fascia, aud the lower imrtion of the fascia itself, are olive-grey speckled with black ;
below costa beyond the fascia the commencement of a line is shown by two white
angulated marks filled in with blackish, continued below as an olive ochreons
somewhat lunulate shade edged by a black clond ; between veins 7 and 4 on the
margin is a bilobed blackish blotch edged by a white line, which runs out into
the fringe between 3 and 4, and appears again as a narrower line curving to anal
( 100)
anj;le : marjjiiial line ilurlc, iiitcrrnptcHl a,t thu veius : Cringe olive ocbrcou.s, with
dark middle line and dark mottling bcvond veins.
Ilindicing : wLitisb, tinged witL olive ochreous, and striated with grey; traces
of dark lines oq iuuer margin and a thick streak before margin from aual angle to
vein 4.
Underside yellowish speckled with Maekish ; I'urewing with inner margin
whitish.
Head, thora.x, and abdomen wliitish ochreou.s spoeklud with olive ; underside
of abdomen like that of wings ; legs black and yellow.
E.Kpanse of wings : 34 mm.
1 c?, 1 ?.
The ? is somewhat paler than the S. In the i'orewing tlie hiudmargin is
slightly indented from vein 7 to 4.
'JT. Ochyria dilataria spec. nov.
Foiricing : basal patch and central fascia dark brownish fu.scous, their edges
deeper ; the intervals slaty grey ; the central fascia broader than in O.fulcistriga,
its edges more waved, and margined by first a lustrous grey acd then a ferruginous
orange line ; from this line above vein 0 a narrow ferruginous streak runs oblii^nely
to apex ; centre of fascia dull violet-grey, containing a rather large blackish cell-spot
surrounded with dull rust-coloured scales ; submarginal line waved, dull bluish,
preceded by a darker clond at costa : fringe (worn) slaty grey.
llinthcuKj : pale grey, darker towards hindmargin.
Underside jiale grey, darker in outer half of wing, without distinct markings.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous ; segmental rings of abdomen deeji
ferruginous.
Expanse of wings : 17 mm.
1 <^.
The neuratiou is abnormal ; vein 11 appears to form the coulinuation of 10,
and is joined to 12 by a bar ; vein 'J is coincident with lO, and subsequently
anastomoses with 7, 8.
^"i. Ochyria fiilvistriga spec. nov.
ForewiiKj : basal patch, central fascia, and praesubmarginal band ilark fuscous ;
the intervals dull purplish grey; all the dark markings edged by broad dull
ferruginous violet lines ; centre of central fascia traversed by a broad band of
purplish grey, containing the black ccll-sjwt ; a ferruginous violet obliijue streak
above vein 0 from outer to submarginal line, which is waved and dull lilue ;
marginal line black ; fringe fnseous, with the basal half darker.
Ilindwimj : purjilish grey.
Underside dull shity cinereous; hindwing slighlly spriuldod willi bluish scales,
with a black cell-spot, and traces of lines.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, like wings.
Expanse of wings ; 6 10 mm. ; ? IS mm.
3 cJ d, 5 ? ? .
!)'••. Ochyria pulchella spec. nov.
Fori'icing : pale olive-green, crossed by broad white slightly lustrous lines ;
two, indistinct, near base; two on each side of the middle of wing, bent outwards
above, then vertical; and one .submarginal, interrupted by (he veius; the pale lines
( 101 )
are preceded irregularly by dull iintroiis purplish scales, wijicli beyond cell form
a blotch before the submarginal ; fringe pale green ; cell-sjiot linear, oblique,
purplifli.
UimhciiKj : whitish grey, darker and reddish tinged towards hindmargin.
Underside dnll rosy, speckled with grey ; forewing with v/hite snbmarginal
line; hindwing more speckled, with dark cell-spot and three dark white-edged lines.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale olive-green.
Expanse of wings : l(i nun.
1 ¥.
100. Ochyi'ia rubecula spec. nov.
Forewing: pale brick-red; the markings very dark green, miuntely edged
with white, the basal patch small ; the central fascia broad, swollen below median,
with two outward-jjrojecting teeth between 2 and 4, and much narrowed on inner
margin ; the centre of the baud preceding it is slightly marked with green on
costa and inner margin, and a large costal blotch with a smaller one below it
on vein 0 precedes the submarginal line, which is finely white, the luiiules followed
also by some dark green scales above inner margin ; a very fine dark marginal
line inwardly white-edged ; fringe brick-colour.
llimliciii;/ : pale grey ; the fringe jjinkish.
Underside of forewing dull pinky grey, with the markings showing throngh ;
hindwing with faint grey antemedian, postmedian, and submarginal bands
alternating with paler spaces each intersected by a fine line.
Head and abdomen pale brick-red ; palpi, thorax and forelegs blackish green.
Expanse of wings : 17 mm.
1 c?.
101. Ochyria sixbcaesia spec. nov.
Forewing : slaty grey ; the basal patch and the central fascia dark fuscous ;
the paler bauds sprinkled with greenish yellow scales; the edges of the dark
markings dull blnish; central fascia crossed also by two dull bluish lines; snb-
marginal line waved, dull blue; fringe like the intervals greenish grey ; sometimes
a dark shade precedes the submarginal line.
JHndicirig : dull slaty grey ; fringe as in forewing.
Underside of forewing dull blurred cinereous ; costal and hindmargin with
some bluish scales ; lines visible along costa only ; hindwing sprinkled with dull
blue scales, forming a double outer and waved snbmarginal line ; the dark lines
clear across wing ; cell-spot blackish.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, all sprinkled with blnish scales.
Expanse of wings : ,J IV, mm. : ? IS mm. One small 6 expands only 13 mm.
5 c?c?,3 ?¥.
102. Ochyria unitaeniata spec. nov.
Forewing : purplish fnscons, crossed by some fine wavy darker lines ; at
one-fourth from base is a slightly paler band, bent on subcostal, separating basal
patch from central fascia, which contains a large cloudy dark cell-spot, and is
edged at four-lifths by a dark line followed by a white line and a pale green
band ; marginal area beyond dark jiurplish fuscous ; a pale green patch at anal
angle, separated from the green band by a narrow dark space edged by the whiti.sh
( 10-' )
waved snbmarginal line, wliioh is not visilile aliovc uiiddlo of winf^ ; some dark
margiual liuiules before the gre}' fringe.
Hind winy : greenish white, without markings except ou inner margin lielow
the median and vein 3, the band above anal angle being prominently dark.
Underside of forewing dnll grey ; the onter line pale ; the marginal area
darker ; liindwing whitish green, crossed by six waved grey lines, of which the
onterraost is dark before anal angle ; cell-spot black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fnscons.
Expanse of wings : 18 mm.
1 <3.
Spectrobasis gen. nov.
ForeiciMi : costa straight, but with a fiiint shoulder at base fringed with hair,
and curving before apex, which is blunt ; hindmargin simply curved.
Iliiidwinji : with hindmargin well rounded ; both angles rounded.
Antennae of S bipectinate to near apex ; of ? simple, tlie segments angulate ;
palpi rostriform, porrect, rough-haired, the terminal segment smooth, decumbent ;
tongue slight ; frenulum present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.
yeuratioii : forewing, cell about half of wing; discocellular vertical ; all three
median nervnles rising close together; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; In, 11
separate, 10 anastomosing with 11 and again with 8, 0, forming a double areole :
biiidwing, discocellular biangulate, the radial from tbc lower angulation ; 7, 8
anastomosing for three-fourths of cell ; (!, 7 stalked ; vein ~ from nearer base
than in forewing.
In the (? the space between base of 7 and 8 contains an elongate hyaline fovea.
Type : Spectrobasis nifa spec. nov.
An endemic genus without any apparent close affinities.
Iu3. Spectrobasis rufa spec. nov.
Forewing: dark olive-grey ; with obscure darker cross-lines, visible chiefly on
costa, which at base is dull brick-red to median vein ; basal patch, central fascia,
and centre of band between them rather darker; the pale bands edging them pinkish
white on costa, with a darker central line ; the outer edge of central fascia from
just beyond middle of costa curved outwards below middle to two-thirds of inner
margin ; submarginal line wavy at costa only ; a dark cell-spot ; fringe dnll pink,
with dark olive-grey mottling.
lUmJwintj : dark olive-grey, without markings ; fringe as in forewing.
Underside of forewing blurred purjilish grey ; the costa and hindmargin
red-brown, the submarginal line showing white teeth below costa ; costa from base
more ocbreous in c? : hindwiug red-brown speckled with pale, with darker ante-
median and median reddish bands ; a waved submarginal line with red-brown
blotch above anal angle, and showing white spots between veins; in the S
the basal half is flesh-coloured ochreons speckled with brown ; a flesh-coloured
blotch on inner margin beyond middle band, and often a second towards costa ;
fringe reddish.
Head parts reddish mixed with pale ; thorax and abdomen dark olive, the
dorsal segments often broadly pale.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
A long series,
( 103 )
104. Spectrobasis viridis spec. nov.
Foreicing : reddish and olive-gre}% the tints mneh mixed, the liaes and bands
being darker and the intervals ou costa whitish ; costa at base dnil moss-green,
beyond dotted, dark green and pale ; a darlc cell-spot ; outer edge of central fascia
from two-thirds of costa, ontcnrved, to two-thirds of inner margin ; fringe whitish
with dark green cheqnering.
Bindwing : dnll greenish gre}-, with a reddisli tinge, paler along costal area,
the bands of underside showing throngli ; fringe as in forewing.
Underside of forewing blurred ; the costal and hindmargins green, with
paler markings ; hindwing white sprinkled with green, forming three green bands
separated b}- whitish bands, tlie green bands often varied with dark purplish scales.
In the larger ? the costal and hindmargin of forewing and most of the scaling
of hindwings is reddish instead of green.
Head and abdomen pinkish grey, with Vlarlc speckling ; thorax mainly dark
green, varied with paler.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm. ; the redder ? 28 mm.
2 c?c?,2 ??.
Evidently a very variable species.
lii.j. Xanthorhoe albiapicata spec. nov.
Fon'w/'nr/ : blackish fuscous from base to outer edge of central fascia, the
band beyond basal area always greyer, sometimes witli pale dots along its edges ;
the baud beyond central fascia brightly white to below vein 4, where it joins a
white lunule in the submarginal line, sometimes running pale to hindmargin and
out into tlie fringe; submarginal line rarely distinct; the lunule above vein 6
always pale, bluish grey ; marginal line black ; fringe blackish, mottled with
jialer ; the marginal area round apex, beyond cell, and broadly below vein 3
dark fuscous, sometimes blackish. In the c? the white of the pale band is more
extensive than in the ¥ .
Uiixlwiiig : dull blackish fuscous, with the lines obscure, but paler on inner
margin.
Underside glossy cinereous, sprinkled with whitish in hindwing ; the lines all
dark but the submarginal, wliich is represented by white spots, that below 4 large.
Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish fuscous.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
A long series of both sexes.
106. Xanthorhoe bifulvata spec. nov.
Forewing : with basal patch, central fascia, and shade preceding submarginal
line brownish fuscous ; basal patcli edged and crossed by a darker shade ; central
fascia edged with darker fuscous, with a deeper band on its inner edge and two
wavy dark lines before the outer, with paler grey lines between ; basal patch and
central fascia edged by silvery grey bands with a dark centre ; space between the
inner two filled up with fulvous grey ; band before snbmarginal line fulvous
tinged in its inner half, paler between veins 3 and 4; snlimarginal line wavy,
pale grey, broadly silvery grey just below middle ; marginal area dark and light
grey ; a row of dark marginal lunules between veins ; fringe mottled dark and
light grey.
( 104 )
Tliiiihrinq : flark fuscous, with traces of curved wavy lines, whicli arc clear
only oil inner margin, where the paler intervals are sometimes silvery grey ; fringe
of inner margin whitish.
Underside of forewing dnll olive fnscnns, tinged with bine-grey ; the lines
shdwing darker; hiiidwing with all the intervals dull lilnish white, the shades
olive fuscons.
Head, thornx, ami alidonien fuscons, varied with liliiisli grey scales ; nietathorax
bine-grey.
Expanse of wings : 28 mm.
5 c?(?, 3 ??.
107. Xanthorhoe cerasina spec. nov.
Foreicing : with basal patch and central fascia velvety blackish fuscons, the
interval between them and the marginal area bright cerise ; the blackish areas
are finely edged with white ; in the antemedian band are three fuscons grey linos,
and the fascia is followed by three ; the extreme hindraargiii beyond the waved
snbraargiual line is fuscons grey, and all the lines and shades of the marginal area
are fuscons at costa ; marginal spots black, followed by pink spots running out into
the fuscous fringe ; cell-spot deep black.
Hindicing : fuscous, with the lines of central fascia darker, as far as outer
line, then dull cerise ; the apical half smoky fuscous, and all the lines waved.
Underside dark fuscous, with all the lines indicated ; the outer lines marked
pale across wings, and white on costa of forewing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen all dark fuscons ; anal tuft of <S black.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
A long series of both sexes.
Both surfaces are glossy.
I<i8. Xanthorhoe coenileata spec. nov.
Forewiiiq : dark fuscons, crossed by three bright bluish white double lines :
one close to base, the second at one-third, both incurved in middle of wing ; the
third at two-thirds, almost interrnjited between 2 and 4 by the projection of the
central fascia ; submarginal line single, whiter between 3 and 4 and preceded there
by a fulvous patch ; dark marginal lunnles, followed by white sjiots at the base
of the fuscous fringe; the spot between 3 and 4 and that below apex large and
white, 1 nulling throngli the fringe, and each preceded by a submarginal whitish
spot ; a faint jiale line at middle of central fascia.
liniilirintj : greyish fuscous, with traces of pale and dark lines on inner margin
only ; fringe dark, with the two white spots at middle and apex.
Underside of forewing blurred greyish fuscous ; fringe with two white sjiots;
hindwirig with faint bluish white markings ; two diffuse lines at base, a double
waved postmedian, and a single submarginal line.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish fuscous, the tips of shniildcrs and jiatagia
and the segmental rings of abdomen with bluish white scales.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 (?.
K'9. Xanthorhoe fulvinotata spec. nov.
Forewing: white; the markings grey and black, the basal patch and central
fascia darkest ; basal patch edged and crossed by black lines ; pale band following
( 10.'5 )
with iiion; than its iiuifv half dark grey, the ontor half with a grey thread ; central
fascia narrow at inner margin, both edges irregularly Innnlate-deiitate, its centre
often blue-grey, containing a black cell-spot and two dark lines and a pale one
before outer edge ; pale band following very distinct, interrupted between 3 and 4
by a fulvous patch ; submarginal line white, preceded by blackish blotches on
costa, beyond cell, and above inner margin ; followed by a dark blotch at apex,
and by grey ones beyond cell and above inner margin ; marginal space between
3 and 4 generally paler; black marginal crescents between veins ; fringe whitish,
mottled with dark grey.
In the ? , as usual, the central fascia is broader, and the fulvous patcli beyond
outer line more extensive.
Ilindwing : dark grey, with the lines darker, the intervals on inner margin
white.
Underside pale, speckled with grey in hind wing, suffused with dark grey in
lower half of forewing ; all the lines indicated.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark and light grey, the thorax mixed with
blackish; palpi externally fuscous; tarsi blackish, with the joints ochreous ;
segmental rings of abdomen white.
Expanse of wings : c?, 2G mm. ; ? , 28 mm.
5 66,4 ¥¥.
110. Xanthorhoe interrufata spec. nov.
Closely akin to A', ceras/iui, but the dark areas paler fuscous ; the central
fascia showing the two dark lines and the edges and cell-spot plainer ; the cerise
tints are confined to the pale bands edging the fascia, and even these are duller ;
the band before submarginal line is fuscous as well as the margin beyond.
In the hindwing the whole surface is fuscous, the cerise tints of the outer |]ale
band being restricted to the inner margin.
Underside fuscous, with all the pale cross-lines plainer.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous; anal tuft white.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
A long series.
The wings are all glossy, as in crras/iia.
111. Xanthorhoe monastica spec. nov.
Forewiny : blackish fuscous, with all the lines darker; the central fascia with
three dark lines and edged with whitish, which at costa is white and conspicuous ;
fringe concolorous.
Ilindwing : wholly dark fuscous, paler beyond outer edge of fascia; jiale dots
along margin at the ends of the veins.
Underside dark glossy fuscous, the outer line marked by whitish dots on veins,
and the submarginal at costa only.
Head, thorax, and abdomen all blackish fuscous.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
A long series, not varying inter xc, except a pair apparently dwarfed, the 6 o(
which expands 3U mm. only and the ? 28 mm,
( lOG )
II"-. Xanthorhoe plumbiliuea spec. nov.
Foren-iiig : basal jiatcli and central fascia dark fiilvons fnscons, edged by broad
dull lenden-grc}- lines; the fascia narrow, with a leaden-grey line down its centre,
generally broken np into spots ; the broad bands on each side of fascia greyish
olive ; snbmarginal line fine, waved, leaden-blne, with the Innules filled up with
dark fnscons, sometimes only those beyond cell and on the snbmcdian fold ; a dark
obliqne streak from apex, the apex above it generally paler; marginal area and
fringe dark fnscons.
Uimluing : brownish fnscons, with a few indications of lines on inner mnr^in.
Underside greyish fnscons, paler beyond the onter edge of fascia.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fnscons.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
3 c?c?, 3 ? ?.
113. Xanthorhoe urbana Meyr.
(J. Forewing : grey, with a slight mixtnro of brownish, and speckled with
dark grey ; a small dark basal patch with ronnded edge ; the grey band beyond
it traversed by three darker lines ; central fascia occnpying middle third of wing,
the inner edge curved, the outer bluntly projecting in middle of wing; two lines
beyond inner edge and two before outer form bands filled np with darker grey ;
in these bands and in the basal patch some brown scales occur below median aiid
vein 4; below middle the bands imito and form annuli ; a paler grey band follows
with a grey line down it; snbmarginal lino obscure, preceded and followed by
darker tints, especially at apex ; a black marginal festoon interrupted at veins ;
fringe grey varied with paler.
Ilindwing : with base dark grey, followed by three blackish waved lines, plain
on inner margin, not reaching costa ; snbmarginal line and shades more distinct.
Underside pale grey, darker towards margin, with all the Hues blackish.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey, like basal patch.
Expanse of wings : 24 mm.
5 6S.
Very near to A', subidaria Gnen. from Australia, for which I at first mistook
it. Two examples exactly like the present were received jireviously from tiie Aroa
River and referred to siibidana ; but with these 5 cJ <? there have now come fi ? ?
not distinguishable from the dark grey ? ? which Meyriek referred to subidaria as
a probable variety under the name of urbana ; in both sexes the wings arc greyer
and darker than in subidaria proper.
Subfamily ASTHENINAE.
114. Acolutha canicosta spec. nov.
Forncing : whitisii yellow ; the costal area above median vein sprinkled with
wiiite scales, the lines across it dark lirown; all the markings interrupted below
middle, reappearing much paler on inner margin ; these marks arc two brown
bands near base ; a central fascia jnst licyond middle, angled outwards on vein 0, and
a darker brown snbmarginal line angled on vein 7 towards apex, and reappearing
before anal angle as an upright brown bar ; fringe pale yellow.
Umdwi-ng : with four obscure curved brownish grey lines ; the antemedian
( 107 )
and median narrow, containing a lilaclc coll-spot lictweon thnni ; tlie postmcdian
and sulimarginal broader and distinctly double.
Underside pale yellow ; only the costal half of forewing dnll brown.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow ; face with a broad brown bar in middle
and a narrow one at top: vertex brown with a pale line in middle; shoulders brown.
E.xpanse of wings : 26 mm.
1 ?.
Near pictnria Moore.
115. Asthena argentipuncta spec. nov.
Forewinq : pale yellow, tinged with deeper yellow along costa and hindmargin ;
crossed by bands of round dull silvery spots ringed with brown-red ; in the ? these
spots are small and separate except along subcostal vein ; in the S they are large,
with the brown rings thicker, and therefore more or less confluent, especially in basal
half; there are four antemedian series, including one at base itself ; one postmediau
and one submarginal ; in the postmediau the two spots on vein 3 and 4 are displaced
outwards ; a larger discal spot, with costal spot above it ; a marginal line of deep
brown dashes between veins ; fringe yellow.
Hinchoing : with the two outer series only ; the cell-spot and two joined spots
below it.
Underside of forewing irregularly brown along costa ; only the outer and
submarginal lines represented as brown spots, not reaching inner margin ; of
hindwing with the outer lines marked only on costa; both wings with fine
marginal line ; in the ? the lines are not shown, and the brown along costa
is much reduced.
Face deep yellow ; vertex white ; thorax and alidomen yellow, the dorsal
segments deep yellow marked with silvery spots ; anal segment and underneatii
with legs pale yellow.
Expanse of wings ; S 24 mm., ? 26 mm.
3 c?c?, 4 ??.
The double arcole is very narrow. Antennae of c? with fine long fascicles
of cilia.
116. Asthena subditaria sjiec. nov.
This is almost a reproduction of the preceding species, but smaller in size and
paler in colour ; the spots, in proiiorti(ui, larger and more coalescent in both sexes ;
the outer line more sinnous ; the marginal line of dashes absent.
Expanse of wings : 22 — 24 mm.
1 c?,2 ??.
117. Hastina viridata spec nov.
Forewing : greenish white, the lines dark green, all wavy, and in the main
parallel to hindmargin ; two near base, two in middle, and two towards hindmargin
form darker bands, separated by pale sjjaces, each traversed by paler green lines ;
all alike are darker on the veins, followed by paler dashes ; the median band
generally shows two deeper areas, one beyond cell, the other above inner margin ;
a dark green marginal line preceded by pale spaces between the veins ; fringe
whitish, chequered with green at the vein-ends,
( 108 )
Ilimhving : without tlic basul lines.
Uiulersicle jiale greenish, witli tlie darker tints of npperside sliowing throni^h.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green, mottled with whitish ; fiice with lower half
whitish, npper half olive-brown ; tips of paljii brown.
E.xpanse of wings : 22 mm.
0 <?c?, 2 ? ?.
118. Hydrelia papuensis spec. nov. and ab. dorsinotata nov.
Forewing : pale greyish ochreons, tinged with darker, and crossed by a
succession of slightl}- darker luiuilate-dentate lines, the teeth all pointing inwards
and forming slight brown points on veins, tlie liiniiles of the outermost series also
marked at their aiiices with a brown jmiat between the veins; a row of large brown
marginal spots ; the line marking the outer edge of central fascia is more strongly
exjiressed and followed closely by two grey lines, forming together a narrow band ;
between veins 3 and 4 the outer of ithese three lines and the two praesnbmarginal
lines are marked, sometimes strongly, with Ijrown-black sealing ; cell-spot small,
black ; fringe pale oclireons.
Hindwing: similar, without the basal lines, and with no dark scaling between
3 and 4.
Underside paler, tlie lines much fewer, but darker, and only the outer ones
distinct ; cell-spots black, also the marginal spots, those of forewing being much
swollen.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dusky grey ; dorsal segments with dark middle
spots, second segment with a pair, one on each side.
Expanse of wings : 26 mm.
4(?c?.
The species is nearest to // atrostrignta Warr. from Qneensland.
It shonld be noted that though 1 have jilaced this sjiecies in ]li/<hrU(t, as
having apparently a single areole, the areole is actually double, vein id running
into 11 close to its origin, so forming one very small triangular inner and a large
outer areole. I am inclined to think that this small inner areole, situated as it is
far bascwards, is often overlooked.
In the aberration a large lilack-brown sinuous lilotch rises from middle nf inner
margin of forewing, where it is liroad, and is bent (lutw^ards at lower end of cell
between veins 2 and 4.
no. Poecilasthena paucilinea spec. nov.
Dill'ers from /'. thalassias Meyr. in two respects ; tlie hindwings ot //i<i/(issias
arc at most bluntly elbowed at vein 4 ; in paucilinea the hindmargin is distinctly
angled, vein 4 forming a sliort tooth ; secondlv, in thahiKsius the lines forming the
central fascia are four in number ; in the present species they are but three ; the
pale band on each side of the central fascia is traversed along its centre by a green
waved line in thalassias ; in paucilinea the bands themselves are broader, the
traversing line keeps close to the edge farthest from the fascia, which is therefore
limited by a broader space of pale ground-colour. In all otlicr jioints the species
appear to agree.
2 cJcJ, sent along with a series of the true thalassias Meyr.
( 109 )
Subfamily TRICHOPTERYGINAE.
120. Anthierax aroensis.
Auisociditiauriiensis'Wsi.VT., Nov. Zuol. x. p. 382 $ (I'JUS).
S. Forewinij : wbitisb, with grey suffusion and fine Ijliickisli lines, the lines
jilacecl as in the ¥ , but the whole wing much paler ; tlio band before snljmarginai
line as far as vein 4, and the edges of central fascia towards costa alone showing
fuscous with a slight greenisli tinge ; the cleft in hiudmargin between veins 2 and 3
rnns in for one-third of wing, the part below it being produced into an acutely
jiointed lobe, reaching well beyond the upper portion of hiudmargin ; the distortion
below at middle of inner margin at the extremity of vein 1 is strongly marked, and
the lobe clothed with white liairs.
llindwiny : white, with a large basal lobe, a fulvous grey twisted middle lobe,
and a dark grey anal projection.
Hindlegs shortened and swollen, with tufts of ochreons hair ; the abdomen
also roughened with hair below. Antennae fulvous, darker at base ; paljji pale grey
speckled with darker, second segment rough-haired, third spatnlate.
Exjjanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 S.
121. Episteira delicata spec, no v.
Forewinij : wliite ; Itasal area witli six irregularly waved thick greyish olive
lines, mainly vertical, the costal vein with three fine black dashes ; some black scales
along inner margin at base of all the lines ; cell-spot linear, black, in a narrow
pure white central space ; four postmedian olive-grey dentate lines, of which the
first two are marked with black and the third is thick and ditfase ; a partially double
blackish dentate submarginal line ; a marginal row of black swollen spots between
the veins, and a row of large black spots Ijeyond them in the white fringe.
liindwinij : very pale grey, slightly darker before hindmargin.
Underside olive-grey, paler in hindwing and along inner margin of forewing ;
fringe white.
Palpi and antennae blackish ; face dark brown ; vertex olive-grey ; fillet, collar,
and tijis of shoulders whitish grey ; thorax grey, with a black lateral line, thickened
behind ; abdomen olive-ochreous.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 S.
Meg'aloba gen. nov.
ForiH-iidi : large ; costa straight for four-fifths, then strongly convex ; apex
minutely j)roduced ; hindmargin gibbous or elbowed in middle ; anal angle distinct.
Hind winy : narrow, elongate ; the apex truncate; hindmargin crenulate; in the
$ with a large ear-shaped lobe reaching half-way down inner margin, the lobe itself
edged with a scale-bearing flap, which at the base forms a small additional lobe.
Abdomen in cJ long and slender, with a stout keel beneath at base, in ¥ stout ;
antennae simple, lamellate ; jialpi porrect, long, second segment long-haired, third
short and smooth ; tongne and frenulum present; legs long and slen<ler ; hindtibiae
in ¥ with terminal sjjurs ; in i thick, the femnr, tibia, and tarsus of equal length,
without spurs.
Neuralion : forewing, cell ipiite half as long as wing ; discocellular obliipie ;
first median nervnlejust bejond middle, second at six-sevenths; lower radial from
( lio )
above aiiddle of discouollultir, npper from npper end of cell in ? , stalked with 7, S, 'J
iu cJ ; lU, 11 coiucideut, 10 anastomosing with 8, U ; liiiidwiug, costal and sulicostal
anastomosing to near end of cell, C, 7 long-stalked iu c?, shurt-stalked in ? ;
discocellnlar biangnlate, the radial from tlie lower outward angulation, vein '^ absent
iu c?, 3 and 4 short; veins 2, 3, 4 at equal distances iu ?.
Tyjie Megaloba rubripicta sjjec. nov.
The large subercct lobe iu the S liindwiug is something like that iu Ti/injiniio(a
Warr., but in that genus the costal and subcostal are sei)arate but uuitod by a bar.
122. Megaloba leucocyma spec nov.
Forewing : sage-green, with darker and paler waved bands, all edged more
or less distinctly with bluish-white lines, which on the dark green costa form
snow-white spots ; the bands on each side of central fascia paler than the rest,
having an interrupted white Hue aloug their centre ; submarginal line forming
white crescents ; a line of large black crescents aloug margin at the ends of the
veius, edged with white scales ; fringe pale green.
Hindwing : pale brownish grey, paler towards base, with dark linear cell-mark,
curved postmedian Hue with paler edge and dark spots in fringe beyond the veins.
Underside of forewiug greyish olive, with the lines faint; the subnuirginal
shown by a curved row of white spots : hindwing without the olive tinge ; cell-spot
and postmedian line dark.
Palpi pale olive, the tips of each segment whitish ; face green, with the
lower part white ; a snow-white dot in front at the base of each antenna, and
one in the middle of the crown ; one behind each eye and one at the base of each
of the patagia ; a white curved line on thorax and metathorax, and a white mark
on basal segment of abdomen ; abdomen fawn-grey, the basal and anal segments
olive-green ; antennae greenish above, rufous below; pectus and femora olive-green;
tibiae and tarsi blackish, with suow-white joints, the hindtibiae grey.
Exjianse of wiugs : 44 mm.
1 ?.
123. Megaloba? rhododactyla spec. nov.
Forewing : olive-green, crossed by waved and crenulate lines of shell-pink ;
along the costa the edges of the green bauds become blackish green ; basal patch
olive, with three pinkish-white lines, with some black scaling above and below
the submedian vein ; central fascia with four pinkish-white lines, the dark
cell-spot lying in the first ; the inner band with a dark blotch ou the submedian
fold, the outer edge irregularly crenulate and marked by black spots on the veins ;
both pale bands shell-piuk, the outer more vividly, with an olive-grey central Hue ;
submarginal line lustrous white, rosy tinged, j)receded by a black line swollen
into teeth between the veius and externally tipped with black ; a margituil row of
black truncated crescents at end of veius alternating with spaces of shell-pink ;
fringe pale olive, with white spots beyond the veius.
IJiudtcimj : pearly cream-colour towards base, grailually becoming jiale green
towards hiudmargin ; fringe rufous beyond a dark marginal line.
Underside of both wiugs olive, the markings showing through.
Palpi olive-green, with the tips of each segmeut white ; face green, with the
sides below white ; base of antennae, a spot before each, ami a sjjot before each
eye white ; collar, thorax, and abdomen olive mi.xed with shell-piuk and while ;
( ill )
antennae deep red beuoaHi and at sides, aliovc unnulated with red-brown and
white ; pectus white ; femora and underside of abdomen olive ; forctarsi l)hi,ck-, with
white joints ; foretibiae bright red.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 ?.
The position of this very beantifnl insect is doubtful ; it agrees with Meqaloha
in ueuratiou, and in the slightly produced, pointed, not rounded, apex of forewing.
1~M. Megaloba rubripicta spec, no v.
c?. Forewing : dark green, with blackish green lines and shades ; a dark shade
close to base, followed by a paler grey-green baud ; then a broad outwardly obliipie
band, its edges dark, outcurved externally above submedian vein ; next a thin
band of pale bright green, mixed with bluish-white scales ; central fascia with
inner edge dark, above submedian blackish and projecting towards inner band so
as nearly to touch ; outer edge irregularly dentate, angled below vein 4, then
concave inwards, preceded by two dark green lines, the inner edge followed by one,
all interspersed with bluish-white scales ; cell-spot dark green ; the foscia is
followed by a narrow band of bluish-green scales, straight from costa to below
veiu 4, then incurved and lunnlate ; submarginal line pale bluish green, edged
outwardly with blackish and preceded by a dark green shade, which forms a
blackish blotch beyond cell ; small blackish angled spots at ends of veins ;
fringe green.
IliinhLiiiij : basal half and lobe whitish, scakdess ; outer half reddish fuscous,
with the veins and fringe bright red ; flap of the lobe with olive-green scales.
Underside of forewing bronzy olive-green, with the veins and hindraargin
rust-red ; costa from near base broadly bright ferruginous ; fringe pale yellow-green ;
hindwiug like upperside, but paler ; the veins and fringe red.
Head and thorax green like forewing ; abdomen yellow-green ; terminal
segment of palpi brownish with the tip white ; legs pale olive-green or ochreous ;
foretarsi black-brown with the joints ochreous ; antennae anuulated with green.
? much gayer; the dark edgings of the inner band and central fascia of
forewing, and the band preceding submarginal line broadly deep dark green ; the
intervals bright jjale green with ochreous edging ; the submarginal line white ;
cell-spot large, crescentic ; fringe red ; hindwing bright red, more ochreous towards
base, with two postmediau waved grey lines and the margin dark.
Underside bright ferruginous, mixed in forewing with greenish, the marginal
area green with the fringe ferruginous ; forewing with six dark shades, hindwiug
with two postmedian lines and marginal border.
Head, pal])i, shoulders, and patagia olive-greeu ; metathorax and base of
abdomen red-brown ; tips of patagia red ; metathoracic tuft bright i)ale green ;
antennae anuulated with red ; antennae beneath and legs bright ferruginous.
Expanse of wings : $ 35 mm. j ¥ 40 mm.
The difference between the sexes is remarkable.
1 (J,2 ¥ ?.
125. Remodes parviplaga spec. nov.
Forewing : greenish white, with a succession of waved and dentate greeu lines
crossing from base to margin, exactly as in li. lobata Warr. from Padaug, anil
R. pallulipluga Warr. from Java ; the only dark markings are the spots on margin
( 112 )
at the ehdx of the veins, and two or three dashes above the snbincdian vuiii in
central fttscia, as in lobata ; the pale band beyond tlic fascia ends in a bright
whitish fleck on margin above the end of the subraedian, smaller and whiter tlian
tlie blotch in pallidiplaqa.
Ilimlicuig: whitish grey, witli the outer lunrgin greyer; the terminal lobe
and the ni)i)er folded edge of the middle lobe still darker grey ; the lobe at base
ijnite small ; this agrees with palli(Upla<ia, but not with lobata.
Underside olive-green, becoming reddish grey towards hindmargin ; the IViiigc
of the two outer lobes of hindwing blackish.
Abdomen with lateral spreading tuft of hairs ou second segment and ui}curved
tuft from sides of penultimate segment; hindlegs twisted, with dull ochreous tuft
of hairs on femora; antennae olive-green externally, blackish internally.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 c?.
I have seen a pair before from the Ujipcr Aroa River, which 1 at the lime
referred to lobata.
126. Sauris atrilineata spec. nov.
Fon'wing : olive-green, crossed by darker augled waved lines, all thickly
marked with black except in the interspace between veins 3 and 4 and the costal
area above vein G, where the lines are finer and greenish black ; the line close
to base and the central threads of the two ])a]e bauds are also dark green; all
the lines are angled outwards in cell and beyond, incurved below middle, and again
inclined obliquely outwards towards inner margin ; beyond the green basal area are
two pairs of black lines ; tl)e bands of central fascia consist of three and four lines
each, and there are two dark lines before the snbmargiiial ; marginal spots at ends
of veins square and black, followed by square white spots in the Islackish fringe.
Hindiciny : grey, paler at base ; the small lobe with a black dash on its
upper edge near base.
Underside dark smoky-grey with the markings slmwing through ; cell-spot
and marginal sjiot of forewiug blackish.
Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green, the last with black dor&al marks;
patagia black ; tibiae and tarsi black with pale joints ; hindlegs paler.
Expanse of wings : 2<J mm.
1 c?.
Neuration of hindwing as in (jriseolauta.
1~T. Sauris griseolaiita spec. nov.
Forcwiiiy : pale green; the transverse lines and shades dark olive-green, in
parts olive-brown, edged and alternating with pearl-grey lines, which are paler
in (? than in 9 ; a dark green i>atch at base, followed by a pale band ; a broad
dark green band of three ditfnse lines, the intervals grey, followed by the usual
pale band with darker centre before the central fascia, its enter edge pearl-grey ;
central fascia formed of two bands of three lines each, dark grceu and brown,
alternating with ])earl-grey, followed by tlie usual ])ale band ; a double dark green
band before the pearl-grey submargiual line, which is followed by a single dark
green shade ; marginal spots at end of veins dark green, siibi|uadrate, alternating
with jiearl-grey spots which project into the pale green fringe.
lliiKliriiKj : jialc grey, whiter towards base.
( 113 )
Underside greenish cinereous.
Head and thorax green ; palpi paler green with whitish tips ; abdomen
greenish ochreons ; antennae oclircous, more rufous beneath ; a white spot behind
each e)'e.
Exjjanse of wings: c?, 30 mm.; ?, 34 mm. One dwarf paler c? measures
only 26 mm.
3 c?c?, 1 ?.
Th ? is always darker than the S-
6. Hindwing : cell barely one-fourth of wing, broad; discocellnlar angled;
costal and snlicostal ajipniximating well beyond cell ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing
and becoming coincident with 8; 5 and 4 close together from end of cell; 1,
2, 3 absent.
128. Steirophora violacea spec. nov.
Forewing : pale olive-green, crossed by darker green waved and angulate lines,
all more or less marked with blackish, except the dark green thread of the two pale
bands ; the dis])Osition of the lines is almost identical with that in <S. auratisquama
Warr. from Java; but the gilded yellow scales of that insect are less conspicuous ;
instead the present species is characterised by a violet shade, which suffnses the
submedian interspace and the outer pale band, and sometimes encroaches on the
outer half of central fascia, but not above vein 6.
lliiulwiug : grey with a distinct violet tinge, the outer half darker with a paler
curved postmedian band ; a small grey cell-spot.
Underside cinereous olive, with the markings showing through.
Head and thorax green ; patagia grey with black scales ; abdomen greenish
ochreons, sometimes with darker patches along d(irsum ; metathorax and two
basal segments of abdomen with a broken black lateral line ; palpi greeu dusted
with darker.
Expanse of wings : S 30 — 35 mm. ; ? 35 mm.
5 SS, 1 ?.
S. punctatissima Warr. from S. Celebes is also like this species, but has
narrower, more pointed forewings.
Subfamily TEPHROCLYSTIINAE.
129. Adeta confusa spec. uov.
ForctciiKj : dark olive-fuscous ; the lines pale, greenish, very faint ; basal patch
liuite small, the usual space beyond it broad, of the same dark grey tint, edged by a
pale line, which forms a strong angle above median and a fainter one below it,
followed by the broad blackish inner baud of central fascia; the white centre of the
fascia makes the thiee preceding areas appear to form one large basal patch ; outer
edge of central fascia at two-thirds, crenulate, oblicjue outwards to below 4, then
inwards, preceded by three dark lines, forming its outer band, and followed by a pale
greenish band with darker centre ; submarginal line pale greenish grey, preceded and
follcjwed l)y a dark band ; the outer one with a pale spot between 3 and 4 ; a dark
marginal line ; fringe mottled dark and light.
HindiciiKj : similar, but the paler green intervals broader.
Underside dark greenish cinereous, paler in hindwing, the dark shades showing
through.
8
( ni )
llciul, tliorax, iiiiil iilKlomcn dark and jiule grceii ; vortrx [laler.
ExiJaiksc of wings : 2"J mm.
1 ?.
Distinguished liy the dark ground-iulour and wiiite central streali.
130. Auiserpetes fasciata spec. nov.
Foreiciiu/ : dull green ; the central fascia tlnll violet ; the whole wing with
minute black dusliug; first line curved, black, at one-fonrth; outer line at two-
thirds, creniilate, outcnrved above, folhnved by a white line ; submargiual line faint,
waved, preceded by a violet-grey band, which is darker at costa, beyond cell,
and above inner margin ; marginal line black; fringe greenish grey.
linulwing : the same ; marginal area with a large scjuare white siwt between
3 and 4, which is merely a pale patch in forewing.
Underside pale greenish cinereous with dark bauds.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green and violet.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 J.
131. Ardonis deutifera spec. nov.
Forewing : bright pale green, crossed by wavy green lines ; basal patch marked
liy a black costal spot, with a tuft of raised black scales on it, and a dark point
on snbmedian vein ; inner edge of central fascia marked by a black tooth-shaped
blotch, its ajiex bearing a large tuft of raised black scales above the black cell-sjiot ;
outer edge formed by a small triangular black blotch, the lines edging the fascia
marked across wing by slight black dots on veins ; submargiual line white, wavy, the
lunules slightly filled with dark scales ; fringe mottled pale and dark green, beyond
slight dark marginal spots.
Hindwing : green, paler towards costa, with the lines alternately green and
whitish green, the edges of the central fascia shown by black dots ; a double black
spot at anal angle, and the marginal lunules black; costa of forewing of c? shining
white with an oval patch of black scales beyond middle.
Underside green, with the black markings distinct and neat; S with inner
margin of forewing glossy white, with au oval patch of rongh black scales.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green, the last with a blackish band on second
segment ; shoulders black-spotted laterally.
Expanse of wings : 23 mm.
1 cJ,2 ? ?.
132. Chloroclystis cuneilinea spec. nov.
Forewing: greenish wliitc, tlie intervals all reddish on costa; crossed by a
succession of pale grey-green lines ; the bands limiting the central fascia rather
paler green ; central fascia slightly greyer green, the lines towards its outer edge
reddish ; the outer edge itself marked by black wedge-shai)ed spots on veins ; inner
edge also with black points on median and submedian ; submargiual line pale green,
waved, preceded by a grey-green baud of two lines, tinged in j)arts with red ; the
margin grcj'-grecn ; marginal line black, interrupted by the veins ; fringe glossy
jiale green.
Hindwing : paler ; the fascia without reddish scaling ; the spots and all the
lines very delicately marked.
( 115 )
Underside of forewing greenish grey, except tlic inner margin, wliiuli, like the
liiiulwing, is jiaJe green, with thick outer and black marginal line.
Head, (horax, and abdomen jialc green ; abdomen with a [link spot on sides of
third segment ; forelegs dark green with pale joints.
Expanse of wings : 10 mm.
1 (?, I ?.
133. Chloroclystis semiscripta spec, no v.
Forctriiii/ : whitish green; the markings grey ; band edging basal patch at one-
fourth, curved; inner edge of central fascia at two-fifths jjarallel to basal line,
marked with some brown below middle : both these reach the inner margin ; outer
edge at two-thirds, dark at costa, then forming pairs of grey dots on veins to
4 ; praesubmarginal band dark grey to 4 ; submarginal line of the i)ale ground
colour, followed by grey diamonds on veins ; fringe grey ; all the pale intervals
crossed by pale grey lines dotted on veins ; below vein 4 the outer markings are
pale and blurred.
Hindtcinf/ : whitish green, with a faint grey cloud at anal angle.
Underside whitish green, with the markings only showing through.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish green ; dorsum brownish-tinged at base, and
with a black dot at side of second segment; forelegs blackish, with pale joints.
Expanse of wings : 23 mm.
1 ¥.
134. Eucymatoge albicristata spec. nov.
S. Fomwimj : puriilish brown, the two pale bands and centre of fascia whitish
at costa ; basal patch with a dark vertical edge ; inner edge of central fiiscia
crenulate and nearly vertical, outer edge crenulate, inangled on vein 7, insinuate
beyond cell, projecting on vein 4, and followed by a white spot on veins ; the
outer baud of fascia dark throughout, the inner band dark at costa only, both
containing three creuulated lines; cell-spot linear, black; marginal area purple-
brown ; all the lines marked on veins by dark and light dashes ; marginal line
black ; fringe reddish, mottled with brown ; the whole wing below median darker
than above.
Hindidng: grey, darker along hindmargin, with traces of grey postmediau
and submarginal lines ; pale dots at the vein-ends ; fringe dark grey.
The ? is slightly paler, and has the middle of central fascia above median
vein white.
Underside dark grey, jialer towards base, with black cell-spots and dark
outer line,
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings, purplish brown with paler speckling;
metathoracic tuft wliite.
Eximnse of wings : i 26 mm. ; ¥ 3U mm.
1 <?, 1 ¥.
135. Eucymatog'e albimedia spec. nov. and ab. brunneotincta nov.
Forewing : chalk-white, the basal and marginal areas dark pnr])le ; basal patch
edged by a thick velvety black shade, outcurved from costa to submedian fold,
vertical on inner margin ; inner band of central fascia curved parallel to edge of
basal jiatch, starting from a pnridish triangle on costa and ending in a smaller
one on inner margin, always interrupted between veins 1 and 2, the costal i>art
( 116 )
joiiicil horizuiitnlly abovo median vein witli the elongated pnrplisb discal spot ;
outer band uiiiiiterniptcd, of uniform width, deep jnirplc-black, finely edj;ed
externally by a luuulate whitish-yellowish Hue ; the white band beyond basal
patch has two grey middle lines, only visible above median vein, where they are
bent, and is interrupted between snbmedian fold and vein by a brown clond, which
in a manner unites the basal ])atch to the lower jiart of central fascia; the white
area of the fascia is traversed by three lines, marked mainly by dark spots on veins,
the outermost immediately preceding the outer band ; the usual pale band beyond
fascia is filled up with purplish above middle and with brown below; snbmarginal
line indicated only in lower half of wing, followed by a pale grey patch at apex,
between veins 3 and 4, and below vein 2 ; marginal white dots at end of veins ;
fringe purple-black, paler beyond the three pale spaces, with two dark lines and
dark spots beyond veins.
Ilindwing : purplish black, paler in basal half; small white dots at end of
veins, and sometimes traces of a postmedi:in line.
Underside dark purplish, dusted with bluish white ; inner margin of both
wings whitish ; cell-spots dark : basal area paler ; outer area with the veins marked
dark and light ; fringe as above.
Face, palpi, and inside edge of collar, shoidders, and patagia snow-white ;
base of each segment of palpi purple ; thorax, shoulders, patagia, and antennae
purple ; abdomen purplish mixed with whitish ; dorsal baud and crests purple ;
legs purple with the joints white.
Expanse of wings : 3U — 32 mm.
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In the aberration hmnncothicta only the interrupted band before fascia is
white ; the white of the fascia itself, except at the costal edge, being suffused
with brown, and the outer baud of the fascia is narrowed.
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13C. Eucymatog'e brunneata spec, no v.
Foreiriiuj : sufTused with pale brownish flesh-colour; the markings brownish
fuscous and black ; basal patch darkest, the edge curved outwards to submedian
fold, along which it runs shortly inwards, then vertical to inner margin ; inner
edge of central fascia 2)firallel to it, angled outwards in cell before cell-spot and
inwards on submedian vein ; outer edge acutely inaugled on vein 7, forming a
double lobe outwards on vein 4, then incurved, wavy, dentate ; the fascia crossed
by five minutely crenulate blackish lines and containing a vertical black linear
cell-spot ; the pale band beyond narrow, flesh-coloured, with white teeth inwardly
on veins, and wholly while at costa ; marginal area beyond it filled up witli dark
fuscous above vein 4, and brownish flesh-colour, with the lines dark, beneath ; paler
altogether between veins 3 and 4 ; the submargiual line pale and waved ; a dark
marginal line interrupted at the veins ; fringe brownish with dark chequering.
llindicimj : grey, witli wavy outer and snbmarginal lines, the marginal border
darker ; fringe grey, spotted with dark beyond veins.
Underside dark grey, with the cell-spots black and the outer lines indicated.
Vertex, paljji, thorax, and abdomen blackish fuscous ; face, fillet, and collar
whitish.
Expanse of wings : 26 mm.
1 i.
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137. Eucymatoge constellata spec. nov.
ForeiriiHf : dark brown, dusted with pale ochreoiis ; lines shown by series
of round pale ochreous spots ; three larger costal spots at one-fifth, two-fifths,
and two-thirds, from which the three series start ; a black cell-spot in an ochreous
patch ; a submaruiual line of spots, starting from three-fourths of costa and bent
on vein 0, followed on costa by an intense black shade, which reappears above
anal angle ; miante orange dots at the vein-euds ; fringe brown, dark-chequered
beyond veins, with the tips pale.
Uimiivlmj : dull creiimy-white, with the dark postmediau and submarginal
lines of underside showing through ; fringe with a rufous tinge, chequered with
dark brown.
Underside of forewing paler, blurred ; the spots yellowish ochreous ; hindwing
yellowish ochreous with brownish speckling ; a black cell-spot ; a brown cloudy
postmediau shade starting from a dark brown costal blotch, and a macular
submarginal line.
Head and thorax brown, with pairs of yellow spots ; abdomen ochreous with
brown dorsal marks ; anal segment above and praeanal segment below black-browu ;
legs ochreous, with black tarsi.
E.xpanse of wings : 18 mm.
A long series of c?cJ, without a single ? .
138. Eucymatoge contaminata spec. nov.
Foreicinq : dirty white; the markings in the main the same as in E.rujilunata,
described below, but all tlie cross-lines, which are pale grey in that species, are
here pale rufous, the whole wing having a tinge of rufous over it ; the edge of
the basal area is evenly curved, not projecting in the middle, and the tooth of enter
edge of central fascia between veins 3 and 4 is much sharper and longer ; instead
of the chestnut streak of rufihimifa this species has a black or blackish brown mark,
followed by a diffuse dark cloud ; cell-spot generally broken up into two dots.
Ilindwiny : dirty white, with an ochreous tinge.
Underside dirty ochreous grey, without any distinct markings.
Head, thorax, and abdomen as in rnflunata, but the white scales all discoloured.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
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The difference in the undersides will serve to distinguish the two species.
139. Eucymatoge discinota spec. nov.
Forewing : deep velvety brown ; the veins towards margin reddish, running
out into the reddish fringe ; some bluish-white scales at base, along subcostal vein,
and inner margin ; a white spot at base of wing ; lines marked by snow-white
spots ; five spots in a curve close to base, on the folds as well as on the veins ;
three larger spots in an oblique line to middle of inner margin, lying between
the veins, the middle one largest ; discal spot large and bent, finely edged with
pale, with a round white spot on costa above it ; a costal spot with one or two
smaller ones below it, and a large double spot below median followed by a dot
on inner margin represent outer line ; a row of submarginal and marginal white
spots between the veins ; three costal spots before apex ; a pale blurred wedge-
shaped space reaches from base through cell to hiudmargin.
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Ilinthritifi : dull whitisli, with jjroy postmodian linn ninl martjiiiiil linrcler, the
space between paler.
Underside of forewing dnll brown, speckled with whitish ; the two large costal
spots and the corresponding pair above inner margin white ; also the scries before
marginal line: hindwiiig thickly speckled with brick-red; postmodian line and
veins red ; marginal border dark brown.
Head, thorax, and abdomen deep brown with white dusting; tln.irax with four
large white spots.
Expanse of wings : S 21 mm.; ¥ 24 mm.
4 c?(J,4 ??.
140. Eucymatoge disrupta si)ec. uov.
(?. Foraciiu/ : greenish white; the markings lilack, shaded with vi(det and
very dark green ; basal patch of the gronud-colonr, edged by a black shade whicli
is angled in middle of wing, interrnpted below, and ending in a broad blotch on
inner margin ; inr.er edge of central fascia interrnpted, parallel to edge of basal
patch, marked by blotches on costa and inner margin and spots on veins between ;
outer edge at three-fourths, prominently angled at veins 6 and 4, interrupted
between 2 and 4 and marked on 3 by a black spot ; cell-spot black, large and
vertical ; two lines of black vein-spots across fascia ; traces of three dark lines
along inner pale band at costa; some faint clouds along costa, before the cell-spot,
and in the interrupted part of onter band; submarginal line preceded by a violet
and olive band, edged with blackish, especially on veins, and interrnpted between
veins 3 and 4 and partially above 6 ; some violet clonds along margin above vein 4
and below vein 3; pairs of black dots at the vein-ends, followed by olive cheriuering
in the pale fringe.
Iliiulicing : pale grey, darker towards hindmargin, with an angled postmedian
and curved submarginal line marked darker on veins ; fringe whitish, mottled
with dark.
Underside dark grey, with cell-spots dark and fringes white with dark mottling.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish white ; centre of shonlders, patagia, and
thorax blackish green ; intermediate segments of dorsum dark green with whitish-
green sagittate marks, the basal and anal segments wholly pale green ; segments
of palpi with their bases green.
? whitish, without the green tint ; all the dark mnrkings and shadings more
developed and intense, (he pale bands before and Ijcyond the central fascia filled
in with dark scales.
Expanse of wings : c? 24—20 mm. ; ? 3ii mm.
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141. Eucymatoge distorta spec. nov.
Foretving : dnll brown, finely pale-sj>eckled ; three large white costal sjiots
at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-thirds, three corresponding small white spots on
inner m.argin ; a white dot at base of wing ; a white spot near base of cell ; a large
white spot in submedian interspace below base of vein 1, and a donblc spot beyond
on each side of vein 1 ; cell-spot linear, dark ; a blurred pale brown wedge-shaped
mark from base of cell to hindmargin ; snbmarginal line showing as white dots
only above and below this space; a very fine dark marginal line; fringe rufons,
with white tijjs, and chei^uered with brown beyond veins,
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lliiidiriiiii : white, with l)roatl bmwnisli maivinal border ; friiiije paler l)rown. ■
Underside of ibrcwiiig bhirred, much paler ; all the white spots shown :
hindwing redder brown, thieklj- speckled with pale; the marginal border darker;
the central space generally paler ; a dark cell-spot ; the veins often pale.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brown witli pale dusting; dorsum marked with
white spots.
Ex[>anse of wings : 24 mm.
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Closely allied to, but ipute distinct from, E. discinota. The hiudmargin of
forewing is clearly indented just below vein 4.
142. Eucymatoge griseata spec. nov.
Foir/riiiff : ashy grey ; the lines darker grey ; basal patch dark grey, crossed
by two darker lines and edged by another, which is only slightly curved; inner
edge of central fascia curved parallel to it, not waved or projecting into the fascia
as in most of the allied species, blackish throughout; outer edge at two-thirds,
forming two sharp teeth between veins 2 and 4, and blackish beyond cell ;
snbmargiaal line pale grey, preceded by a darker grey band ; dark grey marginal
spots at ends of veins ; fringe grey ; all the pale spaces traversed by waved darker
lines ; cell-spot blackish.
Ilimlwimj : greyish white, grey along hindmargin, with traces of two waved
lines and two more before them on inner margin only.
Underside dull grey, the cell-spots black, the outer line indistinct.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey, thickly speckled with dark grey ; palpi
and face blackish, the extreme tip of palpi whitish.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 V.
143. Eucymatoge licheuosa spec. nov.
Forewing : pale lichen-green, the markings moss-green, mixed in places with
violet ; basal area pale green, crossed by two waved dark lines, marked with
violet at costa and edged by a violet band, which projects shortly below subcostal
and submedian veins and is interrupted above the submediau ; inner band of
central fascia, outcnrved in middle, darker on costa and inner margin, where it is
marked with violet and black scales, interrupted below middle, followed by three
moss-green lines, the outermost of which is sharjjly dentate outwards l)eyond
the linear black cell-spot ; outer band of three lines, partially filled in with
uioss-green, the outermost marked with blackish and strongly wavy dentate, wilh
a prominent sharp tooth between veins 3 and 4 ; the pale band before fascia with
a double line of moss-green scales, that beyond it with a single line, its outer
half beyond cell occupied by a broad red-brown patch ; submarginal line pale
green, preceded by a deep violet and green band, which is strongest at costa
and beyond cell, and on the veins is marked by a strong pale green dash ; veins
towards margin violet ; pairs of dark spots at ends of veins ; fringe greenish
white, mottled with olive-brown beyond veins ; all the lines form blackish green
spots on the costa.
Ilindtrliu/: whitish in basal half, with a dark grey curved border, in which
the veins are marked with alternate dark and pale dashes, indicating three lines,
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preceded by an angiilatcd jiostraedian line ; fringe whitisli, with dark dashes
beyond veins.
Underside dark grey, with the outer angulated lines and eell-siiots clear, as in
E. riifiliinutu.
Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen pale green like wings, sprinkled
■with moss-green and violet scales, especially the thorax ; second segment of
palpi externally, and base of terminal segment dark green ; abdomen a luixtnre
of pale green and violet-fnscons scales, the second segment brownish, the dorsal
crests large, olive-green ; fore and middle tibiae and tarsi black, with the joints
white ; pectus white.
Expanse of wings : 26 mm.
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144. Eucymatoge nigribasis spec. nov. and ab. mediotaeniata nov.
Foreiving : greenish grey ; basal patch lilack-green, finely white-edged ;
three black linear costal marks ; the first indicating the origin of the dark
centre of the jmlo band that precedes the central fascia ; the second the central
fascia itself, of which only faint traces are visible ; the third is contioned across
wing as a dark shade filling up the Innules of the waved white submarginal line ;
fringe grey with pale marks.
Hindwing : paler grey, darkening towards hindmargin, with a dark postmedian
line.
Underside of forewing dull greenish grey, with the markings darker and pale-
edged, visible only towards costa : hindwing paler at base, more speckled ; a dark
line beyond middle with paler baud beyond it.
Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen black-green ; rest of abdomen
like wings ; pectus and forelegs blackish.
Expanse of wings : 17 mm.
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In the aberration the central fascia is completely lilack- green from costa to
inner margin.
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There appear to be no intermediates.
145. Eucymatoge placens spec. nnv.
Forewing : whitish green, overlaid with grey ; the lines black ; edge oi basal
]iatcii black, close to base ; band beyond it broad, especially towards costa, its
centre filled up with dark grey; inner edge of central fascia at one-third, angled
strongly in cell and less so on submedian fold ; outer edge at three-fifths, indented
below subcostal, projecting on veins 4 and 3 and lunulate-dentate inwards ; both
edges black, and starting from black costal spots; cell-spot black, small ; two
grey lines traverse the fascia ; outwardly it is edged with a pale green baud
with darker centre, which is followed by a jiinkish lilac band, not always clear ;
submarginal line pale green, waved, filled up with blackish grey scales ; the
marginal area dark green mixed with pinkish ; both it and the praesubmarginal
shade, as well as the line itself, are interrnpted between 3 and 4 by a white
blotch ; marginal festoon black ; fringe mottled dark and light grey.
Hindwing : whitish grey, with traces of lines, and a paler submarginal band.
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Uiiilcrsido of forewing glossy cinereous, ol' hiiidwiiig wliitisli ; tlii' linos all
shown, lint mnch more clearly in hindwing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with green and i)iiik scales.
Expanse of wings : 22 — 24 mm.
2 ? ?.
146. Eucymatoge rufilimata spec. nov.
Forewing : white, dnsted with grey ; the Hues grey, darker on the veins ;
basal patch dark grey or brown-grey, edged by a brown-black band with a slight
projection ontwards above median, and crossed by two dark lines ; bands of central
fascia tinged with grey, darker towards costa, where the inner band forms a
triangular blotch ; the inner band curved parallel to edge of basal patch, the
outer insinuate beyond cell and forming a beak projecting between 3 and 4,
interrupted by the pale ground-colour above 0 ; the pale bands on each side and
the fascia itself crossed by waved grey lines ; the outer half of outer pale band
beyond cell marked by a chestnut-brown curved streak ; submarginal line whitish,
waved, preceded by a dark grey band above middle, paler below, its Innules
followed by blackish streaks to margin above middle, and grey ones below ; the
veins swollen into brownish spots between them ; pairs of black marginal spots
at the vein-ends ; fringe white, grey-mottled ; cell-spot blackish, linear.
Hindwing : whitish, with angled grey postmedian and curved submarginal
line, the margin itself grey ; marginal spots dark grey ; fringe white.
Underside of forewing dark grey, of hindwing whitish ; cell-spots, outer
lines, and marginal clouds distinct.
Head and jjalpi white, the base of each segment externally black ; thorax
and abdomen white speckled with blackish ; the liasal segments of dorsum dark
grey.
Underside of abdomen dark grey like the legs ; fore- and middle tibiae and
tarsi black, with white joints ; pectus white.
Expanse of wings : 27 mm.
4 cJc?,l ?.
147. Eucymatoge subriibescens spec. nov.
Forewing : dull green ; basal patch and central fascia dark fuscous, with fine
black waved lines along their edges followed by an equally fine white one ; edge
of basal patch slightly curved ; inner edge of central fascia at two-fifths, outer
edge projecting outwards at vein 4 ; the outer portion of fascia green from vein 5
to inner margin, the fuscous-scaled portion narrowing to margin ; a black cell-sjiot
and two dark wavy lines across it ; green bands preceding and following fascia
with their centres grey ; submarginal line indistinct, wavy, whitish, preceded by
a reddish grey band, with grey beyond it ; marginal festoon black ; fringe reddish
grey.
Hind wing : rufous grey, without markings, except a dark cell-spot.
Underside of both wings rufous, with a greenish tinge towards base ; outer
line grey, angled in middle on forewing, curved and wavy on hindwing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green, speckled with dark ; second dorsal
segment with a black metallic ring ; dorsal tufts of radiating black hairs.
Expanse of wings : 22 mm.
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14S. Gymnoscelis crassifemur sjn-c. nov.
Forcu-iiuj : smooth pale green, with pale violet shading ; the lines black ;
inner line at nearly one-third, angled ontwards on each fold, to inner margin near
base; followed by a broad curved violet b:ind; outer edge at two-thirds, angled
on 6 and 4 and insinuate between, then inwardly oblique to tliree-fourths of inner
margin, preceded by some violet shading, the interval with one or two violet lines ;
snbmarginal line green, dentate, the teeth filled up with dark ; the marginal area
violet ; a fine dark marginal line ; fringe violet,
Iliiidwini/ : with the base violet; the rest as in forewing ; veins in l)oth
wings dotted with black scales.
Underside pale green, overlaid with violet-grey in forewing, except along
inner margin, witli two dark curved outer lines and cell-spot, all much i)lainer in
hindwing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green, more or less obscnrcd by violet-grey
scales. Underside of abdomen, and the legs shining greenish white ; fore-femora
heavily clothed with rnst-colonred furry scales.
Expanse of wings : 17 mm.
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Micromia gen. nov.
Forewing: costa with a prominent slioidder at one-fonrth from base, thence
incurved to nearly three-fonrths ; hindmargin curved ; inner margin convex.
Ilimlirinq : with well-rounded hindmargin.
Abdomen with short dorsal tufts; luetathoraeic tuft erect, bifid; forehead
with a bifid tuft ; ]ialpi porrect, first and second segments hairy beneath, second
twice as long as first, third half as long as second, slender, pointed, from the toji
of second ; antennae simple, in the c? scarcely pubescent ; tongue and frenulum
present ; hindtibiae with four spurs.
Neuration as iu Tcphroclystia and Cosmorlioc—ihc areole simple ; in the
hindwing 3, 4, and 6, 7 from the cell, not stalked.
Typo : Micromia fulviptinctn spec. nov.
14',i. Micromia fulvipuncta spec. nov.
Forcwiiuj : deep olive-green ; the basal i)atch, the bands forming the edges of
central fascia, and the praesnbmarginal band still darker green, especially at costa,
where they widen out ; costa along the paler intervals whitish ; inner band of
central fascia swollen on inner margin as well as on costa ; the dark green markings
finely edged with whitish green ; the jiracsubmarginal band with a round fulvous
spot between veins 4 and 0, and two smaller sjiots on veins 1 and 2 ; sulimarginal
line indistinct, showing some paler green lunules ; marginal lino fine, black-green,
with blackisli dashes between veins to the submarginal lunules, those l)eyond cell
strongly marked ; fringe green, in the outer half mottled dark and light.
Hindtcimj : grey, darkening to margin; black lunules between veins at
margin ; fringe grey.
Underside shining grey, with traces of lines ; costa of forewing pale fulvous,
darker at the lines ; hindwing with five dark curved crosslines.
Head and thorax green ; metathorax paler ; abdomen dull fulvous with dark
dorsal markings ; underside of abdomen pale; tarsi dark, with pale joints.
Expanse of wings : <? 24 mm. ; ? 20 mm.
5(J(J,1 ?.
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Polysphalia gon. nov.
c7. Foreidng : costa rough-haired and funning a i)rae-apical lobe ; apex ronrKicd ;
hindmargin obliquely curved.
llindirinij : narrow ; hindmargin indented beyond cell.
Antennae lamellate ; palpi porrect, decumbent ; hindtibia with four spurs.
Neuration of Chlorocb/stis, but distorted ; the cell-fold raised above and
furrowed below towards hindmargin, the lower radial being obscured; veins 1'2
with 11 and 10, running into the lobe, 9 and 8 into the costa at its end, and 7 into
apex ; the median vein is thickened and contorted at liase, the wing memlirane
beneath it partially hyaline ; the fold in cell bears a ridge of black erect scales.
Neuration of hiudwing, and of both wings in ? , normal.
Type : Fohjsphalia cristigcra spec. nov.
loO. Polysphalia cristigera spec. nov.
Fcirriciiuj : pale greyish green, with numerous waved greyish lines across it;
four in basal area, the fourth ])eing the inner edge of central fascia, angled on
median and marked by blackish dots on veins ; outer line at two-thirds, excurved
aliove, marked by blackish teeth inwardly on veins, preceded by two grey lines ;
snbnmvginal line pale, waved, the teeth filled up with dark grey, blackish below
costa and beyond cell ; margin between 3 and 4 slightly paler ; marginal lunules
black ; fringe chequered green and greenish white. In the c? the cell-fold bears
a ridge of black scales iu cell, and the furrow beyond is marked with rough
reddish scales.
llindniiii/ : with a dark bar at base ; the rest as in forewing ; the outer line with
its black vein-dashes distinct and followed by a pale green band with dark centre.
Underside grej'-green in forewing, whitish green in hindwing, with the
lines dark.
Head, thorax, and abdomen green, speckled with dark ; the face and vertex
clearer.
Expanse of wings : cJ 15 mm. ; ? 2ti mm.
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The ? is more thickly speckled with grey.
Prosthetopteryx gen. nov.
Forewing: with neuration of Tcphroelg.^tin, i\w arcole large and single; the
structnre of wing normal.
Hindwing: in ? normal also ; in c? subject to numerous variations of structure.
In the typical section, including raexiata and rfltundata, a deep cleft runs up
towards base below vein 3, forming a large triangular anal lobe, like an additional
wing ; this lobe is densely fringed, and below covered with woolly hair ; median
vein at base with a pencil of hairs; the wing above vein 3 rounded. In another
section, comprising catilinea and barbata, a second cleft, less deep, occurs below
vein G, so that the wing is divided into three parts, all more or less contorted and
hairy, the wing in one case, j)arvijien?iatii, being quite dwarfed; or again, as in
liridisecta, the lower cleft becomes a short rounded excision and the anal lobe is
quadrate and bifid. Again, in a third sectiun, latistriga, the cleft is short and
below vein 2, and the upperside of wing is hairy.
In the typical section vein 8 anastomoses with subcostal to near end of cell ;
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veins 6, 7 are stalked ; the discocellular has a long ohlicjue lower arm, and the
radial (vein 5) is stalked with 4 from the lower end of ceil, vein 3 rising mnch
nearer base, veins 1 and 2 being left in the anal lobe ; the neuratioQ is the same,
as far as can be seen, in the second section ; but in the third vein 3 rises closer to
the stalk of 4, 3, and vein 2 some distance before, vein 1 alone passing into the
anal lobe. In all alike the cell is broad at extremity and veins 0, 7 cnrved
downwards and divergent. In the hairior forms, such as harhnta, the abdomen
beneath is tufted with hairs.
Type : Prosthetopteri/x caesiata spec. nov.
In Tri ptcridia Warr., which also has the hiudwing divided into three lobes,
the forewing too has a deep cleft in hindmargin.
151. Prosthetopteryx barbata spec. nov.
Forcirimj : dull green ; the markings dark green : viz. the basal patch with
its edge obli(|ue outwards ; the central fascia broad, oblique outwards to middle,
then inwards, its inner edge approaching basal patch on inner margin; the pale
green space between them with dark green centre, broad at costa and narrowing to
a ])oint at inner margin, angled outwards in cell like the fiiscia itself ; beyond the
pale green band edging the fascia externally is a dark fascia with a rufous tinge
before the indistinct pale submarginal line ; fringe probably green.
Ilindwing : deeply three-Iobed ; all the lobes dingy grey and fringed with
long curled hairs ; the middle lobe pointed and darker grey, with a curled wisp of
ochreons grey hairs on its inuer edge.
Underside of forewing pale greenish, with the dark markings showing through :
hindwing with the middle and inner lobe thickly covered as well as fringed with
long fine woolly hair ; a wisp of black hairs at the end of the short npper cleft.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish.
Expanse of wings : 28 mm.
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The apex of forewing is acute.
152. Prosthetopteryx caesiata spec. nov.
Foretving : deep brown-black, with a slight reddish tinge ; the lines blackish,
indistinct, except in certain lights ; a curved line near base ; another, double, at
about one-third ; an outer line, also double, and dentate outwards ; a dentate
submarginal line ; fringe dark brown.
Ilindwing : bluish slate-colour, the fringe included ; the inner lobe with its
fringe shining white.
Underside of forewing dull brown overlaid with dull bluish slate; the lines
darker in costal half; fringe brown with paler mottlings ; hiudwing slaty blue,
with dark cloudy cell-spot and cnrved outer line ; the anal lobe white as above ;
median vein with a pencil of purple hairs.
Head, tliorax, and abdomen like wings ; anal tuft blackish ; underside of
abdomen, legs, and pectus whitish ; dorsal tufts erect, long, bluish black.
Expanse of wings : 22 mm.
2 SS.
The hindmargin of hindwiugs is curved from costa to end of vein 5, where it is
bluntly angled, and again incurved to base of anal lobe ; in one example the angle
is much more prominent than in the other.
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153. Prosthetopteryx cavilinea spec. nov.
<S. Forcwing : pale green; the markiugs reddish l)rowu ; the lines Ijlackish ;
first Hue near base ; inner edge of central fascia oblique outwards and forming a
small projection into the fascia above median vein, then oblique inwards ; outer
edge obli([ue outwards to below vein 4, then oblique inwards, followed by a pale
green baud with darker line in it, the fascia filled up with dark, and between 3 and 4
overlaid by a red-brown shade which extends to submargiual line, obscuring the
markings ; a dark patch before subniarginal line bayond cell ; marginal area green ;
some dark marginal spots before the green fringe. The inner margin is very strongly
lobed beyond middle.
IlimhciiKj : with the anal lobe grey, darker towards margin, where it is fringed
witli very long dark grey hairs ; the other portion of wing with a slight cleft
below vein 0, the inner part twisted over and fringed with long grey erect spatulate
hairs.
Underside of i'orewing with the dark markings showing through ou a dull green
ground, the inner margin pale : hiudwing blackish in outer lobe, the anal lobe
whitish, clothed with very long yellowish-white hairs, and dark only in the fringe
at end.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish; the anal segment dark grey.
¥ . Forewing : paler green ; the fascia at costal end darker ; the whole of the
markings cut off below vein 4, leaving only their edging lines rufous ; the basal
patch blackish and edged by a straight line.
llindwiiig : pale green, with grey marginal border.
Underside of forewing with all the lines diffusely dark grey and wavy on a pale
green ground, not reaching below middle, except the submarginal lines : hiudwing
with the base grey, then with two simple and two double curved and wavy
grey lines.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green ; the head and thorax much mixed with
fuscous scaling ; the abdomen with dark dorsal spots.
Expanse of wings : 25 mm.
1 t?,l ¥.
Neither example is in good condition, and the description is necessarily
deficient.
154. Prosthetopteryx latistriga spec. uov.
tJ. Forewing : greenish brown, towards hindmargin more greenish grey ; basal
patch dark, edged by a black line ; inner edge of central f;iscia bluntly angled
outwards in cell, then vertical, blackish ; the centre of the band between it and
basal patch grey-brown, edged on each side by a pale greenish line; outer edge of
fascia oblique and nearly straight outwards to below vein 4, then obli(juo inwards
to before anal angle ; tlie fascia is dark brownish fuscous, crossed by one or two
dark lines and with a black cell-spot ; baud beyond fascia uniformly broad, pale
green to vein 5, then dark green, almost hidden below by a blackish patch, which
includes the lower outer half of central fascia and the iiraesnbmarginal shade; this
last is edged by the pale waved submarginal line, and is interrupted along with the
line by an elongate flesh-coloured oblique streak running from vein G to apex ;
marginal area and fringe greenish grey.
In the ¥ the green spaces are all more prominent, and the broad green outer
band complete ; a marginal line of black dashes.
( 126 )
liindwing : jiale ulive-gre}' ia costal half, dark purplish or bluish grey in the
inner half, iuchuling tjie anal lobe, which has the fringe greenish grey ; the ilark
part of the apical portion covered witli woolly hair. In the ? the wing is jiale grey,
with three darker grey central lines and broad dark grey margin ; an interrupted
dark marginal line ; fringe mottled dark and light grey.
Underside dull greenish grey, rather shining ; the markings obscure in the S,
paler and regular in tlie ? .
Head, thorax, and abdomen dnll greenish; tlie jiatagia blackish; eruire of
basal segments of abdomen and the i)racanal segments blackish ; anal lul'L of i
white.
Expanse of wings : 2S mm.
1 J,3 ? ?.
loo. Prosthetopteryx parvipennata spec. nov.
S. Vorcwiiig : pale green; markings dark fuscous; basal iiaf<h narrow, the
edge oblique ; edges of central fascia fuscous, the inner slightly bent outwards on
median, the outer angled below 4, showing a deep indentation on vein 7; some
indistinct lines across it, esjiecially a dark one near inner edge ; on each side of fascia
a pale green band with darker thread ; praesubmarginal shade brownish, darker
below costa; submarginal line very obscure; black marginal triangles; fringe
clieqnered dark and pale greenish grey. In the ? the wing is altogether greener,
the bands being inconspicuous, and grey-green edged with blackish.
Hinduiiig : in <? minute, whitish ochreous with a greenish tinge, fringed with
white ; iu S normal, greenish grey, with traces of lines on inner margin only, the
outer line clear.
Underside of forewing dnll greenish, with all the lines grey ; of liindwing
iu ¥ whitish, with five curved grey lines, of which the postmedian is distinct, and
a marginal border.
Head and thorax pale greenish, the patagia with black scaling ; abdomen jiinky
ochreous, more fulvous on dorsum.
Expanse of wings : S 17 mm. ; ? 21 mm.
1 cf, 3 ??.
In hindwing of J the anal lobe is quite small and rcuuided, the cleft oidy
reaching halfway ; the cleft below vein (1 is slight, the lobes inconspicuous.
156. Prosthetoptei'yx rotiuidata spec. uov.
cJ. ForcwiiKj : dark brown, with the intervals j)aler, more reddish, than in
caesiata, and towards the costa greenish ; the band beyond basal patch and a
semi-oval patch on hindmargin above middle, containing a black blotch beyond
cell, dull pinkish ; the intervals on costa iu middle indistinctly paler, with a dark
line in each.
llinihniKj : greyer, not so bluish as in raesiata, the extreme hindmargin and
fringe whitish ; hindmargin rounded, not angled, at vein .').
Underside much as iu caesiata.
?. Forewing: with the dark spaces much clearer, and the green and reddish
intervals distinct.
llindiciiig : pale grey, darker aloug the hindmargin, which is limited by a
curved submarginal line.
( 1-^7 )
Underside pale gre)-, without any blue or slaty tinge, with all the lines fairly
distinct, dark grey.
Head, thorax, and abdomen paler in ? than S, the aual half of abdomen
entirely red-brown.
E.xiianse of wings : c? ~2 mm. ; ? 20 mm.
1 <S,2 ? ?.
loT. Prosthetopteryx viridisecta si)ce. nov.
S. FoiriviiKj : dnll purple-brown, with darker markings, and mi.\ed in places
with pale green ; a dark curved line near base, followed by a paler brown space
before the curved and waved inner edge of central fascia, which is succeeded by
a broad pale green and white band from middle of costa to three-fourths of inner
margin, which leaves only the costal half of the outer edge of central fascia to
appear beyond it ; an indistinct dark brown praesubmarginal shade, paler in the
middle ; submarginal Hue indistinct, the margin beyond it pale greenish brown ;
fringe brown and greenish, mottled.
llimhciiig : brownish grey ; the cleft before anal lobe not running up to base,
but only halfway and wide ; the anal lobe not triangular and large, but small and
bifid at end, each tail upturned and rough-fringed ; a slight cleft below vein (3, the
middle lobe so formed contorted and hairy at extremity-.
Underside dark grey, hindwing more brownish ; forewing with traces of lines.
Head and shoulders pale brownish ; thorax dark brown ; abdomen redder
brown ; the anal tuft whitish ochreous.
In the ? the paler intervals of forewing are tinged with green ; the green
band is more clearly divided into an inner green and outer pale half, and the outer
edge of central fascia is shown by a fine pale green line ; the submarginal line is
paler, waved and greenish, and the marginal space greener, exce)it the dark apex,
which is edged by an oblique line to central fascia.
lUmlwing: of normal structure, rather narrow, with hindmargin indented
beyond cell ; pale grey, darkening to hindmargin, with faint traces of lines ; fringe
pale.
Underside dark grey, with a paler middle band ; hindwing with two curved
I)aler bauds separated liy a dark curved lino and with a faint line at middle of each.
Head, palpi, and shoulders greenish ; thorax greenish, with the patagia dark ;
abdomen with basal half and anus dark, the praeanal segments greenish.
Expanse of wings : 26 mm.
1 c?, 1 ?.
Ptychotheca gen. nov.
A development of i'ldorodi/stis.
The forewing of the c? has the membrane from base of cell nearly to hind-
margin folded longitudinally so as to form a double pocket : on the u])perside this
pocket is open towards costa, on the underside towards inner margin ; the veins
beyond cell are partially distorted ; the fold is much more prominent beneath,
appearing as a double pleat with a furrow in the middle.
Type Ptychotheca pallidicircns Warr., described from the ? only as a
Chlorocli/stis, ]^oc. Zool. x. p. 378 (100;5).
Of this species 0 ? ¥ and 1 S have been received.
( 1^8 )
Pycnoloma gen. nov.
Forewhitj : costii strongly slionldered near base and curved tlirougliout ; aj)ex
jiroruinent, but blunt ; liindiuargiii obli(|ne, not curved.
Uiiulwing: narrow; apex bluntly rectangniar ; biudmargin vertical to vein 4,
then oblique to anal angle.
Forehead veith a cone of scales : jialpi porreet, rongh-scalcd, terminiil joint
dej)resscd ; tongue and frenulum ])resent ; antennae broken.
Costa of hiadwing convex and thickened, with a bed of mealy scales on its
upjiersidc near base.
Neuratiou as iu Chloroclystis ; the cell of forcwing short.
Type Fycnoloma rufibasalis spec. nov.
158. Pycnoloma rufibasalis spec. nov.
Forewing : grey-green ; basal patch quite small, its edge marked by black dots
on veins ; inner edge of central fascia dark grey, oblique outwards from one-fourth
of costa, angled in cell, then oblique, marked by black dots on veins; outer line
from three-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin, angled on vein 4, and marked
by vein-dots ; fascia followed by a rather wide pale green band with grey centre ;
snbmarginal line waved, preceded by a grey-green baud, the lunules at costa, bcyund
cell, and above inner margin slightly blackish ; a blackish marginal line interru2)ted
at the veins ; fringe green.
Ilindwing : whitish, tinged with green, with traces of lines.
Underside of forewing greenish .grey, of hindwing jJale green, with the whole
basal area dull pink.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green.
Expanse of wings : 15 mm.
1 c?.
159. Syncosmia colorata spec. nov.
Foreimig : pale green ; the markings brownish, edged or varied with fuscous ;
a spot at liase of costa ; a brown basal band slightly curved ; inner edge of central
fascia broad at costa and double, only the outer dark line reaching inner margin ;
outer edge marked only by a black line, often obscured ; bands on each side green
with a faint line down tiiem, slightly jialer than fascia itself: praesubmarginal
band brown, iu costal half double and edged by waved black lines : snbmarginal
line acutely dentate, whitish green ; marginal line fine, blackish; fringe pale, broadly
chequered with brown.
lliii<hciiig : of S dirty ochreous, without markings ; of ? ochreous grey with
darker marginal border, and traces of curved lines.
Underside greenish grey, with the markings of forewing showing through.
Palpi externally ferruginous, above with long green and metallic black hairs ;
vertex, collar, and shoulders pale green ; thorax and abdomen greenish ochreous
brown; metathorax edged with metallic black scales ; dorsal segments ringed with
black ; dorsal tufts of radiating metallic black hairs.
Expanse of wings : S 21 mm., ¥ 23 mm.
2 Jc?,0 ??.
( 129 )
I'll). Tephroclystia albibisecta spec. nov.
Forcwmg : deep brown-lilack, with darker but very indistinct cross-markings ;
a cnrved line near base, and a second, .geminate, at abont one-third ; from jnst
beyond middle of costa to beyond middle of inner margin a broad straight white
line, dark-bordered on each side, followed Iiy a thicker dark line ; outer line double,
forming black angular markings outwardly, interrupteil, like the lines before it,
between veins 2 and 4 ; snbmarginal line represented by a row of small white spots,
often obscured, except those on each side of vein C, wliich are larger ; fringe con-
colorons ; the intervals between the lines are tinged in certain lights with reddish,
especially along costa.
Jlituhcitig : jieariy-wliite, becoming grey towards liindmargiu ; marginal line
black, interrupted by pale spots at the vein-ends : fringe pale grey.
Underside dull brownish grey, jialer towards inner margin, the pale cross-line
and the snbmarginal sjKits showing through ; hiadwiiig as above.
Head, thora.N, and abdomen blackish ; the two segments beyond middle dull
reddish. In the ? these segments are pale ochreous and swollen.
E.xpanse of wings : 20 mm.
2 cJc?,2 ??.
In one ? the white bar is bent inwards at costa and swollen on inner margin.
161. Tephroclystia coerulescens spec. nov.
Forewiiiit : deeji velvety brown, towards costa paler and brighter brown ; basal
patch edged by a shining white band, interrupted below median, and yellowish at
inner margin ; central iascia broad, crossed by paler and darker shades, which at
costa are marked with jiale shining scales ; the subcostal vein marked at intervals
by bluish silvery scales ; central fascia edged outwardly by an obscure paler band,
marked witii cream-colour on costa and beyond cell, and by a double blue and
whitish line on inner margin ; submarginal line formed of bluish spots or Innules ;
intermixed lilack marginnl dashes, ])ree,eiled in jilaces by jjale ochreous scales;
an oblique ochreous ai)ical streak ; fringe deej) brown, its ajiical half with small
whitish spots, the spots at ape.\-, between veins .0 and (1, and 3 and 4 large, square,
and running to base of fringe.
Hindwiny: brownish fuscous ; fringe brown, with jiale spots at base.
Underside of forewing blurred grey-brown, the costal and hindmargins bright
brown with bluish spots; fringe as above: hindwing brown, crossed by curved
double bands of spots of blue scales.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown dotted and spangled with Idue scales;
palpi paler brown; abdomen beneath and leg.s dark brown sprinkled with blue; the
joints of the legs pale ochreous.
Expanse of wings : S 2U mm., ? 24 mm.
9 c?c?,l ?.
102. Tephroclystia curvimacula spec. nov.
Fon'wimi: olive-green; the edges of the usual markings blackish, augulated
and interrupted ; costa dotted with black at the commencement of all the lines ;
basal jiatch crossed and edged by a thick black line; inner edge of central fascia
angled in cell, and thickened below median ; a similarly angled thin line through the
baud before it; onter edge forming a large (juadrate "black blotch fi'om vein 7 to 5,
( 130 )
with a curve from its inner edge to vein 4, a black spot on 3, and blotch from 2 to 1 ;
snbiuar<rinal line acutely dentate, the teetli filled np with dark green preceded by a
fulvous shade which rnns obscurely to apex ; a fnlvous streak above median along
cell, and one along inner margin ; marginal festoon blackish ; fringe green ; a small
black celI-si)ot; fringe of inner margin green dusted with black scales.
lliixltcinii : pale grey, darker towards hindmargin.
Undersiile of forewing cinereous, pinkisii ahmg costa, with the lines obscure;
hindwing juiler towards base, with an angled median and waved submargiual
dark line.
Head and thorax green spotted with liiaek; abdomen flesh-colour.
Expanse of wings : ~!G mm.
3 ??
There is a remarkable superficial resemblance between this species and
Micromia fulcipuncta Warr.
I(i3. Tephroclystia decens spec. nov.
Forewiitii : jiale green, with the markings liglit purplish grey ; these are the
baud limiting the basal jiatch, the central fiiscia, and a costal blotcli before apex ;
outer edge of basal patch from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin,
angled on subcostal vein ; inner edge of central fascia from one-third of costa to
two-fifths of inner margin, bent on subcostal, and preceded by a fine dark line in the
green band ; outer edge of fascia at nearly two-thirds, outcurved beyond cell; the
fascia contains a dark cell-spot and is traversed by two or three wavetl dark lines ;
the green band beyond has a dark line dnwn tlie middle ; submargiual line very
obscure, jireceded by a very faintly darker band from the grey costal spot; a slight
dark marginal line; fringe greenish rufous.
HindwiiKj : pale greenish grey, darker tnwards hindmargin ; fringe paler.
Underside of both wings dull pale green, with the markings faintly showing ;
fringe paler.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green ; thorax and abdomen slightly varied
with purplish grey ; forelegs purplish witli the joints greenish.
Expanse of wings : 21 mm.
1 ?.
104. Tephroclystia flavicorpus spec nov.
Foreu-ing : deej) velvety brown, slightly paler at base and extreme apex:
markings pale buff or cream-coldur, edged witli silvery white; interval between
basal iiatch and central fascia represented by two triangular marks at one-third,
one on costa reaching the median, the other from inner margin reaching snbmedian
fold ; outer edge of fascia indented in cell and bulged at middle, followed by a
silvery white line edged above and below the bulge with buft'; a silvery whitisli
submargiual line of points ; two yellowish oblique streaks from outer line above
vein 0, one to ajjcx, the other to costa before apex ; a buif marginal spot between
veins 3 and 4 ; marginal Innules dark brown followed by white spots at the base
of fringe, which is brown, its outer half dotted with white.
Hindinng : dark grey.
Underside of forewing blurred brown ; subcostal streak orange ; apex tinged
with fulvous, with some white and bluish spots : hindwing brown sprinkled with
blue scales forming four double carved Hues.
I
( 131 )
Head, thorax, and alulomon pale oclirpons, tinged with fulvous ; dorsum
fnlvoiis, tbe seiimeiitiil rings broadly wliite ; abdomen below and legs dark brown
speckled with blue.
Expanse of wings : c? 18 ram. ; 9 20 mm.
4c?c?, 2 ¥ ?.
165. Tephroclystia oruatipennis spec. nov.
ForewiiK) : dark l)rown, witli an admixture of fulvous towards hiudmargin ; the
interspaces cream-colour or white ; costa strigulated with white ; basal patch crossed
by a pale line generally resolved into points ; central fascia containing a white bar
on discocellnlar and two lines of whitish jjoints, preceded and followed by a band
of cream-colour ; the inner band broad, with pale ochraceous centre and brown on
costa and inner margin, sometimes interrupted below median vein by the junction
of basal patch and central fascia ; outer band narrower, tinged with ochraceous on
its outer edge, almost interrupted Vietween ?> and 4 by tiie projecting tooth of central
fascia; snlimai'ginal line waved, white, outbont between veins 6 and 2; a fulvous
apical blotcli ; a slight marginal line of dark lunules ; fringe brown with broad
flecks of wliite between veins.
HiiulwiiK/ : dull whitish, tinged with pale grey and ochreous ; markings of
underside showing through.
Underside of forewing with basal two-thirds blurred ; an orange subcostal
streak: hindwing white, thickly brown-speckled, and with five darker bands, often
more or less obscure, three central and marked cliiefly towards inner margin, a
submarginal before the wliite line, and a marginal.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, speckled with white ; segmental rings
white ; abdomen in ¥ fulvous, sometimes the head and pal])i also.
Expanse of wings : d 22 mm. ; ? 23 mm.
5 cJc?,3 ¥ ¥.
160. Tephroclystia stabilis spec. nov.
ForewiiK/ : grey-green ; the bands edging liasal [latcli and central fascia double,
blackish, dentate inwards on veins and marked throughout by raised scales; the
green intervals with a dark waved central line ; praesubmargiual shade also double,
blackish, but without raised scales; submarginal line waved, whitish, followed by a
dark cloud at ajiex ; marginal lunules black ; fringe mottled pale and greyish green.
Hi ml wing : pale grey with a slight reddish tinge, and traces of dark lines;
lunules along margin black and prominent.
Underside greenish grey, with all the lines in both wings dark grey, waved,
and distinct ; liiudwiiig redilish-tinged.
Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green ; metathoracic and dorsal tufts large,
of erect hairs.
Expanse of wings : 25 mm.
1 ?.
107. Tripteridia albimixta spec. nov.
Forewing : dark olive-brown, crossed by two shining white lines ; the first at
one-third, the second before two-thirds ; both starting narrow at costa and widening
below it ; the first angled outward in cell, reaching inner margin as a dark shade
edged by two fine lines ; outer line indented below middle and rniiiiing straight
( 132 )
to iuner margin pear inner line; joined to inner line by a whilish smudge below
median vein, which is continued obliqncly across onter lino to ajiex : tlie basal
patch, therefore, is entire; the central fascia is broadly interrnjited below middle;
tiie dark marginal area ibrraing a triangular costal blotch before apex (through
which the beginning of the wavy white submarginal line is visible) and a square
blotch before anal angle, the margin between being paler brown ; fringe cher|nered
dark and light.
Ilimlwinij: yellowish white, j.aler in costal half; the middle lobe with black
scales down its centre.
Underside yellowish ; the dark markings diffusely dull olive ; hindwing
without markings.
Head, (liorax, and abdomen olive-brown, tiie last at sides and bcneatli mixed
with jialer.
¥ wilh the pale markings amplified ; two double pale curved lines near base; a
pair of curved ])ale lines in central fascia from costa ; space between veins 'Z and 4
jiale bud; blurring all markings alike ; outer line distinctly double, white with a
thin brown centre, reaj)iiearing on inner margin, like the two paler lines in the
fascia ; sul)marginal line visible throughout, but not waved, tiie veins across the
praesubmarginal space jiale, continued obliquely as a small blurred space to margin
below apex ; marginal lunules black, distinct, fringe brown, chequered with eream-
colour ; hindwing whitish yellow, with a grey marginal border.
Underside straw-colour, with the dark and light cross-lines showing, but
interruptedly.
Abdomen pale ochreons, the dorsum yellower.
Expanse of wings : ITmni.
2 J<^, 1 ¥.
Xeuoclystia gen. nov.
Agreeing in neuration with Tcijhrochjstiu, 10 and 11 being stalked, and lo
anastomosing with S, !), forming a long simple areole; but the antennae of the i
are bipectinated, the pectinations well separated anil stiff, ciliated laterally and
apically ; in the ? with angulated segments; abdomen of c? laterally tufted towards
anus, the anal segment cut square and ending in a dorsal projection, which is
especially conspicuous in the ?.
Type : Xeiioclyiitia (lelect((ns sjiec. nov.
108. Xenoclystia delectans spec. nov.
Forewiiif/: brightly coloured, brownish grey on a whitish ground, crossed by
numerous minutely waved dark and light lines, two of which form in the middle
of the central fascia a darker space containing the obliijue black cell-mark, and
widening basewards below the middle; lines edging the fascia and basal patch
bright green and white ; submarginal line Innulate, brightly white, jireceded by
a dark band of three lines, the innermost much darker; some green scales before
margin; fringe pale grey, with a dark dividing line and triangularly chequered
beyond veins.
JlimlwuKj: whitish, with grey marginal border; crossed by faint wavy lines
and a jiale band before the border.
Underside of forewing blurred for two-thirds from base: hindwing whitish,
thickly jiepjiered with brcnVn. with three dark wavy lines and paler interspaces.
( 13"^ )
Head, thorax, aud abdomen brown marked witli wliitc and green ; metafchoracic
tnft green ; segmental rings of aljdomen white.
Expanse of wings : 6 ~2 mm. ; ? 20 mm.
6 c?cJ,5 ? ?.
160. Xenoclystia delicata spec. nov.
Forcwiiifi : jiale grey, tinged with vinnus, es[)ecialiy along cosia; the markings
red-brown, edged with a deeper line; basal jiatch oblii|neIy edged ; centra! fascia
broad above, narrow on inner margin, the inner edge indented in cell, tiie onter
exciirved at middie ; botli, as well as basal patch, edged by a pale grey band with
dark central line; s]iace between the two inner pale bands grey; cell-spot linear,
black in a central pale sjiace; marginal area dark grey, with only the teetli of
snbmarginal line siiown, wliite in lower half of wing, blackish above; fringe
reddish, with black chequering beyond veins and black lines at the vein-ends.
Iliudwing : (piite {)ale grey, with a faint reddish tinge ; a dark cell-spot and
curved jwstmedian and snbmarginal line ; fringe reddish beyond pairs of dark
marginal points.
Underside of forewing dnll red, witli the lines greyish on costa and a dark
blotch before hindmargin beyond cell : iliudwing whitish, red-speckled, witli black
cell-sjiot and onter row of black spots.
Face and palpi above white ; palpi externally dark fnscous ; vertex reddish
with a black speck at middle ; thorax grey ; abdomen reddisli with white segmental
rings and jiairs of l)lack dorsal spots.
Exj)anse of wings : 17 mm.
2<?c?.
One of these is much darker and less red than the other.
171). Xenoclystia humerata spec. nov.
Forewing: almost exactly tlie same as in A'. /<«//y^//(cte, described below; the
metallic lines are not so strongly marked, and the white spot in submargiuul line
is less conspicuous.
Uimhoing : dark grey, witli no traces of lines, and the fringe grey, not rufous.
Underside of forewing darker and of hiiidwing paler tlian in miijiimcta.
Head, thorax, and abdomen all dark.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
As far as markings go, this species miglit well be treated as a form of
X unipuncta, but the hindwing of the cj is strongly shouldered at base and the
costal and subcostal veins are curved upwards and bent parallel to it ; while in
tinipuneta the costal edge is jierfectly straight.
171. Xenoclystia unipuncta spec. nov.
Fninriiiij : vinous grey ; the cross-markings vinous brown ; the edge ol basal
jiatch, at one-fourth, the bands edging central fascia, :it abont one-third and two-
tiiirds, and to a less extent the praesubmarginal band, are dark brown, all in the main
parallel to hindmargin, but the outer edge of the central fascia projecting below
middle ; all the dark markings are edged with a broad line of dull metallic scales ;
the liasal ])atch atid central fasciaare traversed at middle liy a band of jialer ground-
colour, in the former case with a dark middle line ; the lower part of the middle
( 134 )
of leiitral fascia is clothed with metallic scales ; snbinargiiial line formed of the
same scales, and a few before the black marf:;iiial line ; frinj^c dark brown with
paler tij)s ; the submargiiial line shows a small white spot between veins 3 and 4.
In one ? the middle of central fascia is flesh-colour, showing a faint dark cell-spot.
Ilindiviiig : grey, darkening towards outer margin, with two obscure dark
lines before margin ; marginal line black ; fringe bright rufous.
Underside of forewing dark blurred grey, reddish towards costa and hind-
margin ; the lines slightly visible, esjjecially on costa: hiudwiug greyish ochreons
tinged with red, with two dark grey lines ; fringe rufous.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown.
Expanse of wings : 2U mm.
6 <?c?, 4 ??
Subfamily DEILINIINAE.
172. Borbacha carneata spec. nov.
Foreiviny : deep flesh-colour ; the costal edge snow-white ; all the markings,
which are much as in B. pare/aria Gnen., greenish-grey finely edged with purj)le ;
the veins in marginal area thickly greenish-grey, excejit vein 5 ; in the broad
outer fascia its outer edge is preceded by a series of ])urple lunules, and between
veins 3 and 4 the submargiual line contains a ])urple blotch ; a row of purple
marginal triangles ; cell-sj)ot ])urple ; fringe flesh-colour, grey beyond veins ; two
purple dots near base, one on each side of the median vein.
llimlwiiHi : with a grey liar with luinilate edges near base; marginal area
between veins 2 and 4 greenish-grey ; the puri)le lunules less conspicuons.
Underside pale yellowish, with all the markings dull purple.
Vertex, upper half of face, and ])alpi above dull brown-red ; shoulders and
base of patagia greenish-grey ; rest of patagia flesh-colour, marked with i)nriilish ;
thorax and abdomen greenish-grey, with flesh-coloured dorsal spots and edges of
segments ; the metathorax wholly flesh-coloured ; fillet and shaft of antennae
snow-white.
Expanse of wings : 48 mm.
1 ?.
173. Syntaracta albibasis spec. nov. and ali. pUimbea nov. and atriplena nov.
?. Foiririiig : yellow, suftused with orange-red and thickly sjieckled with
brown-grey; the costal area and the lines brown-grey; the lines and shadings
almost precisely as in & clathrata, described below, the yellow ground-colour
showing only, as the ochreous in that species, as a line before first line and after
the outer and submargiual.
HindicitH/ : similar.
Underside paler, more ochreous, with all the niarkiiigs dull greyish orange.
Head and ])alpi yellow and orange; shoulders and base of jiatagia like costal
streak ; thorax orange and yellow ; abdomen red-brown with the white bar at
base, as in clathrafa, but no pale dorsal marks.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
2 ??.
This si)ecie8 may be distinguished from the corres])onding type form of
clathrata ? by the orange-red tinge, as well as by the absence of the iKile dorsal
spots of abdomen ; no <? of this form was received.
( 135 )
Tlie aberration plumbea is analogous to the aberration fasciata of clathrata,
the inner and outer lines being swollen into dull leaden-grey bands only about
half as wide as those in fasciata, the outer band edged inwardly with blackish,
a streak of the same grey filling up the interval between veins 3 and 4 to the
margin, and another streak, bnt much narrower, running along vein 0 ; the space
between this band and submarginal line being filled in with deep red-brown ;
the costa is of the same tinge as the bands.
Head, thorax, and abdomen as in the type form.
3 ? ?.
While the type form and its aberration plnnihca are represented only by ? ? ,
the aberration atriplena is a c? only.
Forcwing : yellow, dotted witji orange, and with the veins orange ; costal
area brownish grey with dark speckling ; the lines swollen into bands, as in the
ab. jilnmbca, but the outer one twice as broad, and both suffused with black, which
to a great extent obliterates the leaden-grey tints ; the bands as well as their
extensions to the hiudmargin are more conspicuous owing to the paler ground-
colour.
Uindwiiuj : the same.
Underside pale ochreons, witli the black liaiids both shown.
Abdomen orange-red with black bars at the hinder edge of each segment.
Expanse of wings : 3s mm.
1 (?.
1 have no doubt that the ground coloration of this c? is the normal ground-
colour of the cj in all its forms ; and it is possible that the aberration afri/j/cna
may be the corresponding c? form to the ? aberration pliunbea ; though in that
case the difference in the coloration of the sexes is much greater than in the
corresponding aberration of clathrata and its type form.
The antennae of the S of both alhihasis and clathrata differ from true Si/iit.aracta
in being serrate, with short I'ascicles of cilia, these being much shorter in albibasis
than in clathrata,.
174. Syntaracta clathrata spec. nov. and ab. fasciata nov.
(S. Forcwing : jiale ochreo\is, speckled with rusty-edged brown granules ; the
veins and lines brown ; costal area above subcostal vein dull grey-brown, the costal
edge dotted with ochreons and brown ; first line thick, curved, at one-third, luiinlate-
dentate, toothed inwardly on the veins and outwardly between them, jirecedcd
by a i)ale ochreons space ; outer line at two-thirds, parallel to hiudmargin, also
double and lunulate-dentate, followed by a line of unspeckled ochreons ; submarginal
line single, indented on submedian fold, followed by a [lale space ; all three lines
start from the subcostal vein ; veins 3, 4, and I) thickened to hiudmargin ; a dark
fine marginal line ; cell-si)ot black ; fringe ochreous, chequered with brown beyond
veins.
Jlii/diciiig : without basal line.
Underside (piite pale ochreous, with all the markings dull grey.
? suffused with grey-brown, the lines and veins grey-brown; only the (hrec
pale edges of the lines remaining clear ochreous, the rusty speckling being much
thicker ; costa ochreous grey, dusted with black.
Face, vertex, and paljii yellow and fulvous ; shoulders concolorous with costa ;
patagia fulvous ; dorsum marked with brown saddle-shaped marks with pale
( 13C )
centres : basal segment with a snow-white bar ; anal segment and abdomen
beneath anil legs jiiile oi'hreons, the legs dnsted with grey.
Expanse of wings : S 42 — 44 mm. ; ? 44 — 48 mm.
4 (?c?,4 ? ?.
In the aberration fasciata the inner line is expanded into a broad red-hrowu
or grey-brown band, and the whole s])ace between onter and snbmargiiial line
tilled nj) with red-brown, forming a still broader band, extending to liindniargin
below apex and beyond cell, and on inner margin uniting with the inner baud ;
these bands show paler on the underside.
3 (?(?, 5 ? ?.
The coloration of'tiie sexes differs as in the type-form.
175. Syntaracta fiilvata spec. nov. and ab. tephrospila nov.
<?. ForcwiiKj : dull deep yellow, covered witli more or less confluent dull
fulvous granular dots, and towards hindmargin speckled with blackish ; costal
urea dull fulvous brown, dusted witii darker ; lines formed of hoary-grey scales ;
first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; second from three-
fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; both dentate-lnnulate, the teeth
finely blackish, pointing inwards in the first, outwards in the second ; a similar,
but less distinctly outlined snbmarginal line ; space between veins 3 and 4, and a
narrow streak along vein 0, darker ; small dark marginal sjxits at the ends of the
veins ; fringe dull yellow ; cell-sjiot black.
Himlwiitg : similar ; fringe of inner margin and the margin itself narrowly
whitish. In the ¥ the grey scales of the lines are much less distinct, and on the
other ha!id the black dusting is much stronger, and the black teeth of all the lines
and the marginal spots larger and conspicuous.
Underside dnll ochreous, with the lines and speckling grey.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark and light fulvous ; shoulders and base of
])atagia grey-black ; metathorax and abdomen with pairs of grey or black spots,
which become confluent towards anus, with oblinue divergent markings grey or dark
fulvous ; abdomen laterally and beneath, pectus, and legs i)ale ochreous.
Expanse of wings : c? 38 mm. ; ? 4U mm.
2 c?c?,2 ??.
The ? to which I give the name trj>/o-o.yj//a ab. has on each wing between
vein 4 and the inner margin a large grey blotch with cloudy blackish edges, across
which the black teeth of the second line are visible ; the blotch is etpially marked
on the underside. On the dorsum the spots on second segment are swollen into
a grey and black belt.
1 ?.
ITii. Syntaracta nigrellata sjicc. nov. and ab. scixtigera nov. and
ab. semifascia nov.
Foicwing : yellowish straw-colour, covered with dull greyish fulvous spots;
costa brownish fulvous, the edge dotted pale and dark ; lines and markings exactly
the same as in S. fulmta ; but, owing to the paler ground-colour, the lines are more
distinct, and in all cases the black spots at the teeth and the marginal spots are
large and black.
( 13T )
Hindwing : like iorewing.
Underside jialn sf raw-colour, witl) the lines distinct, dark grey.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale and dark yellowish ochreous ; shoulders
brownish fulvous with a dark line; base of patagia black; dorsum with pairs of
dark brown or fulvous spots.
Expanse of wings : c?40mm.; ? 4i)— 46 mm.
3 (?(?, 4 ? ?. One of these males is a dwarf, 3n mm., witliout black dots
or spots.
In the aberration scutigera the second segment of dorsum bears a black
cruciform blotch and the anal segment a black sjiot, the others being marked
merely with fulvous. In one example the submarginal line of both wings bears
a large black blotch beyond cell, which is Iblhiwed by another beyond the line, and
in the forewing there are two smaller blotches below costa.
3c?^.
In the aberration scmifnscia the second segment ot dorsum is marked as in
ab. scutigera, and the other segments also bear smaller black marks of a similar
form; the forewing between outer and submarginal lines is tilled in with a black
blotch reaching from vein 4 to inner margin ; in this example, as in the dwarf
specimen of the type-form, there are no black marginal spots or scales denoting
the teeth of the lines.
1 (?.
Subfamily PLUTODINAE.
177. Plutodes connexa spec. nov.
c?. Forewing: pale yellow and red-brown; the costal area above subcostal
vein yellow, with two rounded blotches depending from it and reaching median
vein, one at one-fourth, small, the other at <M)e-half, larger ; extreme liindmargin
and fringe yellow, more widely at apex and anal angle ; on the inner margin
beyond middle another roundeil yeUow blotch reacliing vein '2 ; the edge of the
brown area is ferruginous throughout ; the large brown blotch at liindmargin is
edged with a line of dull lustrous scales, and is traversed throughout by a dark
paler-edged waved submarginal shade, extending as a small jirojection to inner
margin before anal angle ; the fringe is tinged with brown between veins 3 and 4,
and slightly also below apex.
Hindiviiig : with the Ijasal area red-brown, connected along vein 1 by a narrow
streak with the marginal blotch, which is irregularly crescentic, with a yellow
indentation at anal angle ; inner margin and fringe whitish.
In the ? the dark areas are more extensive, and grey-brown in tint rather
than red-brown.
Underside paler yellow, witli only the marginal blotches marked, and these
reduced in size, the other dark areas only showing througli.
Face, thorax, and dorsum concolorous with the dark areas of the wings ;
shoulders, vertex, antennae, paljii beneath, pectus, legs, and underside of abdomen
yellow ; palpi above ferruginous-tinged.
Expanse of wings : J, 34 mm. ; ? , 36 mm.
1 c?, 1 ?.
In the irregularity of outline of the marginal blotch tiiis species resembles
P. nilgirica Ilmpsn.
( 138 )
Subfamily BRAC'CINAE.
1T8. Arycanda commixta f^iioc. nnv.
Forewing : dark pnriilish slate-colour; tlu' lines jiurjilisli lilack ; the paler
spaces thickly striiited with black; a diffuse dark ]iatcb at base; a thick double
antemcdiiui band, the anus separating towards costa ; central fascia formed of a
])air of doid)le bands unitinjf below middle, scjiarating towards costa, the outer anus
huuilate-dentate ; a double submarginal band, and a row of marginal liinuley ;
along the course of the two folds and between veins 3, 4 and (>, 7 in the outer
arm of the submarginal band are patches of dull olive-fulvous scales ; fringe
Iiur]ilish.
Ilimhc'nnj : without the basal lines.
Underside dull jjurplish slate-colour, with dull black cell-sjints.
Head and thorax like wings ; three basal segments and the anal segment of
dorsum black, tlie rest bright yellow ; abdomen beneath, jiectus, and legs slaty
fuscous. In the ¥ the anal segment of dorsum remains yellow.
E.xpanse of wings : c?, .j^ mm. ; ?, Ot) mm.
2 (?c?,3 ? ?.
179. Arycanda fulviradiata sjiec. nov.
ForewiiKj : dark jiurplish blue, covered with long slender black striations ;
two black spots on costa at one-fiftli and one-fourth indicate a curved inner line ;
a spot before middle and tv/o beyond indicate the beginning of the curved inner
and double liuiuhite-dentate outer band of central fascia; an indistinctly double
submarginal line, and a tliick marginal line of conlluent lunules ; from tiie base
of cell a bright fulvous streak runs along the ibid as far as submarginal line,
tilling up the lunules on e;icli side of vein -J ; cell-sjiot bright fulvous ; along the
submedian Ibid a broad dull I'ulvous-olive shade runs, and a jiatcli of the same
colour lies on submarginal line between veins o and 4; fringe purple, with pale
base and broad dark middle line.
Uindwing : with a straight pale band close to b;ise, broadly edged on each
side with black, iiuri)lish at the e.xtremities and fulvous between ; the other dark
bands as in forewing, without fulvous streaks, but the cell-spot and a large spot
between 3 and 4 before hiadmargiu are bright orange ; basal line of fringe orange.
Underside dee]i ])urple slate-colour, with the cell-spots black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark pnriilish i'uscons ; dorsum marked with
deeper black spots in middle, containing jiale scales ; underside and legs slaty
fuscous.
Expanse of wings : 58 mm.
1 S.
18U. Bursada radicata al). flavifrons nov. and ab. carens nov.
In a lenglhy series of li. raiUnUn Warr., in which the size and shape of the
three yellow blotches of the forewing vary considerably, two extreme forms single
themselves out.
In the one the yellow markings are broader than in the average typical form,
and (he face as well becomes yellow ; in the other the opposite tendency is seen,
and one or other, sometimes all three, of the yellow bloti'hes becomes nearly or quite
obsolete. For these two forms I 2)roiiose the names ab. Jlaci/rons and ab. carens
respectively.
( 139 )
181. Bursada velata spec. uov.
Foreicing : velvety lirown-black, with two yellow spots ; cue round and small,
near base of cell, generally clear yellow, the other forming- an elongated blotch
beyond cell from subcostal vein to vein 2, overclouded with brown scales ; fringe
concolorons, with the extreme tips pale.
lllndwimi : bright yellow, with thick black margins, that along costa and
round apex twice as broad as the rest.
Underside of forewing with both spots clear yellow ; hiiidwing as above, but
the inner margin above anal angle witii a small quadrate projection towards apex.
Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all black.
Expanse of wings : 3U — 32 mm.
3 ? ?.
182. Craspedosis costimaciila spec. nov.
ForctriiK/ : Ijrown-bhu'k, with traces of obscure fulvous lines across wing,
somewhat more plainly marked on costa; one from one-fonrth of ciista to one-tliird
of inner margin, one at two-thirds, and two beyond it; cell-spot white, linear;
jnst bej'ond it- a broad wiiite blotch from costa to vein 3, its outer edge curved,
edged on both sides by a thick black line, the outer one strongly incurved to
submedian fold; obscure fulvous marginal spots between veins, tliat between
3 and 4 white, preceded by fulvous marks and another wiiite one ; fringe
concolorons.
Hindwiiig : deeper black, with traces id' fulvous lines on inner margin only;
marginal yellowish dots bi4ween veins : fringe black.
Underside slaty Idack, witliout lines ; tlic white blotch of forewing yellowish
on costa ; the marginal spot between veins 3 and 4 m;uked.
Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all Mack.
Expanse of wings : 3.5 mm.
1 ?.
Subfamily ASCOTINAE.
183. Alcis conciuna siiec. nov.
Foreirhuj : white, thickly black-sjieekled ; lines black, thick; first from
one-fonrth of costa to one-third of inner margin, liluntlv bent in cell, with some
black scaling before it ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of
inner margin, bent on vein (J, and insinuate on submedian fold, thickened
at veins ; a black median line, obsolete below middle, bent ont round the black
cell-spot ; subniarginal line preceded by blackish shading that fills up the
lunules from costa to vein G, and vein 3 to inner margin, followed by a double
black blotch between 4 and 6 and a small one above vein 2 ; large black marginal
luanles ; fringe black and white, wholly black towards apex.
Iluulwiiuj : with the black sjjeckling much finer; a fine ill-marked black
onter line and lilack cell-spot : a black marginal festoon ; fringe white, thinly
chequered with dark.
Underside the same.
Head and thorax white ; abdomen with the white almost hidden by bro.ad
black dorsal belts, the basal segments only spotted ; anal tuft white; legs black
mottled with white.
( 1^" )
Expanse of wiugs: 24 mm.
1 (?.
The forewiiig luis iiu uuiisually largu lijaliiie I'ovt'a.
1S4. Alcis irrufata .s|iec. nov.
I'omciiK/ : whitish, irroratuil with olive scales; basal area greyer ; first line
okscme, at nearly one-t.hinl, angleil in cell, then oblii|ne, ])re('eded by an olive-
grey shade ; outer line black, sinnous, from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of
inner margin, jirojecting at vein 5 and insinuate below it, and there blackest,
followed by a broad olive brownish shade : median line brown, ditfuse and
iuterrujited, ajii)roaching onter line on inner margin ; submarginal line whitish,
waved, ])receded and followed by brown shades, the interior marked with black
scales below costa, beyond cell, and in lower third ; the dark edgings of the Innules
connected by dark scales with the black marginal spots ; fringe pale ; no distinct
cell-spots.
lliudiruKi : without first line; a dark cell-spot immediately following ante-
median line ; the rest as in forewing.
Underside dingy whitish ; the nnukiugs and siieckling of the nppcrside
showing throngh ; a grey snbmarginal shade bi'tbre apex of forewing.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wiugs; tips of shoulders brown ; face above
olive, below whitish; palpi fuscous; forelegs black, with white joints.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
1 ?.
Distinguished from Clmijada .■ii'm/i/ixcxfc, which it greatly resembles by the
difference iu the discal spots of hindvving.
Atmoceras gen. nov.
ForeiciiKj : costa slightly sinnons ; apex blniit ; hiiidniargin curved below.
Ilindwiitff : narrow; apex bluntly rectangular; hindmargiu slightly indented
lieyond cell, obliquely rounded below, rnnning into iiuier margin without forming
a distinct anal angle.
I'allii npcnrved, rough-haired, terminal segment oliscure ; antennae of S w'ith
pedicellate fascicles of cilia, at right angles with the shaft ; each fascicle double,
forked at apex, symmetrically ciliated laterally and at apex, the ciliations interlacing
and forming a film; tongue and iVcnulnm present; hindtibiae of S much swollen,
with a pencil of fluffy hairs.
Iu the forewiugs 10 and 11 are coincident.
Type : Atmoceras ptunoxn sj)ec. nov.
Allied to Paralcits.
1<S.">. Atmoceras plumosa spec. nov.
Fomriiui : fawn-colour, irrorated with olive fuscous, when fresh with a
slight pinkish tinge; lines olive fuscous; first from before one-third of costa
to one-third of inner margin, ontcnrved above and below median, toothed inwards
on the veins, preceded by an exactly similar line ; median line lnnulate-dentat«,
the teeth pointing basewards, outcurved above round the deep green cell-spot to
middle of inner margin ; outer line at two-thirds, angled on vein 0 and marked by
(lark spots on veins, rnnning parallel to median line, followed by a greenish shade
( 141 )
which is distinct and separ.ate only at costa and on inner margin ; snhmarginal line
furniing sharp whitish tcefii, tilled iiji inwardly with dark greon, except between
3 and 4, and followed by dark streaks to the dark marginal spots ; fringe fawn-
colonr, mottled with green.
Ilindicinq: dnll fawn, grey-speckled, showing a cell-spot, a mi-dian line, an
outer, and a snbmarginal.
Underside with the dark markings indistinctly showing through.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fawn-colour ; vertex and part.s of thorax mottled
with green ; ]ialpi externally dark; abdomen and face fawn-cnlnnr.
Expanse of wings : i 35 mm. ; ? 3;) — 4(J mm.
C (?cJ, 2 ? ?.
186. Chogada compectiuata s])ec. nov.
Foreimnq : white, with slight grey speckling, chiefly along costa ; lines black,
fine; first from one-fourth of costa to one-fifth of inner margin, rounded in cell,
slightly indented on snbmediau fold, preceded by a macular grey shade ; outer
line at two-thirds, Innnlate-dentate, nniformly distinct, followed by a shade formed
of grey Innulcs, fmm which it is separated by a white line ; median line fine,
strongly projecting outwards in cell, and less strongly on submedian fold, blacker
on median and submedian veins ; cell-s])ot formed of raised white scales within the
projection ; praesubmarginal shade grey, lunnlar, interrupted between veins 3, 4, and
6, 7, the lunules blackened on each side of vein 5 ; the shade following snbmarginal
line much interrupted, black from 0 to below 5, and farming a (piadrate deep black
spot on margin between G and 7, running out into the white fringe ; marginal
spots black.
Ilimhi'iiiy : like forowing, but without inner line ; a straight line from the
white cell-spot to the submedian fold ; no marginal black blotch.
Underside white, greyer towards apex of fore wing, where the outer lines and
snbapical blotch are marked ; costa of forewing striated with black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish white ; face with a black bar across
middle; vertex sometimes whitish; fringe on basal segment of abdomen white;
dorsal segments with pairs of black spots ; the segments following hasal flecked
with red.
Expanse of wings : 3U — 34 mm.
5 cJcJ.S ? ?.
The ? ? are slightly greyer than the cJ 6. The pectinations of the antennae
of the i are interlaced.
187. Chogada semidiscata spec. nov.
Forewing : white ; the costa shortly and neatly marked with brown striae ; a
brown-black sjjot on costa close to base ; the four lines starting also from brown-
black costal spots at one-fourth, two-fifths, two-thirds, and five-sixths respectively;
first line black, slender, outcurved above median to one-fifth of inner margin,
preceded by a slight rufous cloud ; outer line black, sinuous, ending at middle of
inner margin, projecting on vein 5, insinuate below it at the origin of veins 3
and 4, and followed by a rufous shade, which is deep brown between 3 and 4; median
line rufous, excurved, and projecting on each side of vein -J, below median running
close to outer line; submarginal line waved, white, preceded and followed by shades
of brown striae, mixed with black scales below costa, beyond cell, and below vein 3,
( 142 ;
and between '.i ami 4 swollen info a white lilotch ; marginal spots distinct, black ;
fringe jiale brown, clioqnered with wiiitish ; no distinct cell-spot.
Ilimlu'ing : with a brown-edged crescentic cell-mark ; a black antemedian and
post median line ; the rest as in forewing.
Underside dnll wliitisl], tlie markings showing throngli and discolouring tlie
forewing.
Palpi dark brown, the third joint oclireons ; face ochreons, brown above ;
vertex, thorax, and abdomen white speckled with brown ; tips of shoniders
brown; dorsal segments with jiairs of brown dots.
Exjianse of wings : 4ii mm.
1 S.
ISS. Myrioblephara adumbrata sjiec. nov.
Fonn-hiij : i}ale grey, dusted with fawn-colonr; basal third jialcr, but the
costa grey-brown ; inner line brown, with a slight angle outwards on submedian
fold, and inwards on submedian vein; outer line brown, at two-thirds, faintly
Innnlate-dentate, incurved across submedian interval; followed by a fainter, but
more strongly dentate line, lieyond which the space between 3 and 4 is tilled with
deep black and dark grey scales; from before middle nf costa to before niiddle of
inner margin a black-brown thick median line runs, followed by a broad brown
shade, incurved across submedian interval, where it all but touches the angle of
inner line; space between 3 and 4 at base filled with whitish scales; snbmarginal
line waved, pale, the lunnles filled in with lirown ; marginal area darker fawn-colonr,
blolehed with brown beyond cell and towards anal angle ; fringe pale fawn, beyond
some slight lilackish marginal spots.
HhuhriiKj : the same, without inner line, or black blotch beyond outer line ;
base whitish.
Underside ])aler, with all the lines grey-brown.
Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex and thorax dark grey ; abdomen jialer, like
liindwing, with a double brown band at middle; legs pale fawn; foretarsi black,
with i)ale joints.
Ex|iause of wings : 32 mm.
1 ?.
1^''. Myrioblephara complicata spec. nov.
Fornvinij : dark olive, with the veins fulvous ; the lines formed of contiguous
while irregular blotches; basal j)atch olive, the base of inner margin ])ale, and
traces of a pale line running round the foveal jmstnle ; edged from one-third of
costa by three white blotches between veins, that on inner margin nmniiig in
basewards ; central sjiace olive-green, with a small round white spot marking
discocellnlar, edged from three-fifths of costa by a curved white blotch to vein 4,
and a spot below beyond the rise of 3 and 4 ; a broad white band from apex
bii'urcating below vein (i and reaching inner margin as two series of irregular
lunnles, sei)arated by a widening dark olive S2)ace ; vein 4 with a white blotch to
margin ; the ends of veins 1, 2, 3 broadly rusty fidvous between the black marginal
lunules ; fringe dark grey, with white chetjuering between the veins, the apex
broadly white ; the costa is dark olive flecked with jiule, all the white markings
commencing from the subcostal vein.
lliii(/irii<y : yellowish bchreous, with a greenish tinge, with a cell-sjiot and
( 143 )
three waved lines bejond middle, jjrcrnisli ,£:i'ey ; fringe yellow oclireous, chequered
with olive beyond veins 2 and 3.
Underside yellowish oclireous, in tlie forewiiig with tlie inarl<iiigs of njjjier-
side showing throngli ; in hindwiiig with cell-sjiof, outer line, and two interrnpted
snbniarginal lines, and a lot of striae at apex dull olive-green.
Head and thorax mixed, darli olive-green and oehreous ; abdomen oi'lireons
with brownisli dorsal belts; legs niollli'd dnrk olive and oehreous.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 <?.
10(>. Myrioblephara fulvivena spee. nov. and ab. defulvata nov.
Fomriiig: white, speekled with dark brown atoms; all tlie veins thickly
fulvons ; a macular basal band; a double macular band at one-fourth, of which
the inner arm is browner and the outer marked by black spots ; a double outer
band at two-thirds, of which the inner arm is black-spotted on veins and the outer
brownish; median line fine, obliijiie outwards from a dark costal spot above the
blackish cell-spot, then reimrved, joining inner Iiand in a large blotch on inner
margin; submarginal line white preceded by blackish blotches at costa, beyond
cell, and on inner margin; marginal spots Mack; fringe with basal half i'ulvous,
outer half whitish, with Idack motllings lieyond veins.
Ilindwiii;/ : white, with grey curved antemodiau, postmedian, and subniargiiml
lines, ending in thick oblique black streaks on inner margin ; the postmedian dotted
on veins and followed by a grey shade; the submarginal with the lunules filled up
with dark grey ; marginal area and fringe fulvous ; cell-spot grey.
Underside fulvous white, paler in hindwing, whrt'e the markings are prominent;
costa of forewing fulvous with black speckling.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvons, the thorax with olive and pale scales
intermixed ; tarsi fuscous with the joints jiale.
In the aberration <l('fi(lciita the veins are without any fulvous tint and the
whole wing much less gay ; the fringes are also dark and light grey; the underside
grey, without any fulvous tint.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.; the aberration only 2S mm.
2 cJJ, 2 ? ?, of the type form ; 2 ? ? only of the aberration.
I'.il. Myrioblephara iuquinata spec. nov.
Forewiny : dull white, speckled with dark grey ; base of wing and costa at
base blackish-grey ; a black dash on median vein at base ; inner line outeurved
from costa at one-third, closely followed hy a somewhat waved median line ;
outer line marked by black wedge-shaped marks on veins pointing basewards,
angled at vein 6 and below 3 ; the space between inner and outer lines blacker,
especially along costa ; the inner line is preceded and the outer followed by a
thick fulvous brown shade ; submarginal line wavy, white, between blackish shades;
the marginal area pale at anal angle and again between 3 and 4 ; marginal spots
black ; fringe mottled black and pale grey.
Ilimkmny : with extreme base black, a double antemedian line and black
cell-spot; the rest as in forewing ; both wings, except along marginal area, have a
slightly rufous tint.
Underside dull whitish, grey in the forewing; the Hues rather darker grey;
marginal border grey.
( 1-44 ;
Ili'iiil and thorax blackish ; colhiv wliitish ; base aiul anal hall" of abdomen
blackish, third and fourth segments whiter.
Expanse of wings : 3U mm.
1 ¥.
192. Myrioblepliara lucidata s|icc. nov.
Fommx/ : white, with slight (dive and fiiscons si)ec,kling ; the shading olive,
but more linear and condensed, the linos blackish, less waved, than in the
allied species ; basal line almost touching base; inner line nearly straight, vertical,
jirecedcd by a narrow olive band ; median shade olive, angled beyond the black
cell-spot, to two-fifths of inner margin, followed by a second shade; outer
line at two-thirds, slightly bent ont beyond cell and inbcnt across snbmedian
interval, accompanied by a well-dc(ined olive band; snbmarginal line broadly
wliitc, waved, ])receded and followed by distinct olive shading except between 3
and 4, where the shading is grey, and the line itself flattened inwards; marginal
lunnles black; fringe with the basal half brownish grey, the apical half whitish.
IliiuhciiH) : white, withont speckling ; a black antemedian and postmedian
line less sinuous than in other species, each followed by a pale olive-brown shade ;
snbmarginal line white, waved, between two olive-brown shades.
Underside fawn-grey, darker in forewing, with all markings clear, but the
lines not waved nor sinut)us.
Head and ]ialpi dark olive; thorax wliitish dusted with olive; abdomen
bioken off.
Expanse of wings : 31 mm.
] ?.
I'.t3. Myrioblepliara olivacea spec nov. and ub. albiviridis nov.
Foreu'iiiy : white speckled with dark atoms; the shadings olive; the lines
black; costa very finely dotted black and white ; lines and shades almost precisely
as in M.fidrirdid, but the shading olive instead of fulvons ; the whole wing paler ;
fringe white spotted with grey ; cell-mark black, but small.
llimltciiiy : with more than the costal half whitish ; the lines as m fiihieciia,
but less distinct.
Underside dirty whitish with a faint fawn-coloured fringe, especially in fore-
wing ; markings all grey, but finer, less numerous than in fuh'i re iHi.
Head, thorax, and alidomen whitish-grey speckled with olive.
Expanse of wings : S 30 mm. ; ? 32 — 35 mm.
1 (?,2 ? ?.
This apjiears to be really a distinct species, thougli in markings so much like
fulvivena.
The aberration (ilbiriridis has the gnmnil-colour greenish white, with the
olive shading developed, forming a broad shade occupying the second fourth of
inner margin and nearly reaching costa ; the underside greenish white.
I'.i-t. Myrioblephara submarginata sjiec. nov.
Forcwiny : whitish, thickly dusted with grey; all the lines and shades dark
grey ; basal lini; close to base, with a spot at base ; inner line at one-fourth, curved
to snbmedian fold, then iidient, preceded by a similar shade ; outer line at
two-thinls, lunnlate-deiilate, uniformly curved, and insinuate on submedian fold,
( 145 )
more strong!}' marked on veius, followed liy a thick dark grey shade ; median
shade well marked, outcurved round the black cell-spot, a little before middle;
snbmarginal line pale, wavy, preceded and followed by dark grey shading, which
]iales off at anal angle ; the marginal area pale grey between 3 and 4, preceded
by a darker blotch ; marginal sjiots !)lack ; fringe white, with dark grey chequering.
llimliciinj : with antemedian line thick, straight ; the rest as in forewing.
Underside wliilisli grey, the base greyer; lines and cell-spots black and
distinct ; both wings with smoky-black marginal band.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings.
Expanse of wings : \l'J mm.
1 c?, 1 ?.
Paralcidia geu. uov.
Forcwim/ : elongate; costa shouldered at base, slightly curved before apex,
which is rectangular ; hindmargin vertical above middle, obliijue below.
Ilindwinq : with upper half of hindmargin vertical, slightly indented beyond
cell, lower half oblique; costa straight.
Antennae lamellate, flattened, withont pubescence ; forehead protuberant ;
palpi obliquely porrect upwards, witli a}iprcssed scales, second segment long,
terminal depressed ; tongue and frenulum present ; abdomen of J elongate, with
large anal tufts.
Neuration : forewing, cell longer than half of wing ; discocellular vertical ;
(irst median uervule at five-eighths, second at seven-eighths ; radials normal ;
subcostal vein deflexed at extremity; 7,8, 9 stalked; li), 11 separate; hindwing,
costal and subcostal shortly approximated near base ; 7 and 3 from before angles
of cell.
Scaling smooth and tine.
Type : I'aralcidia crrabunda spec. nov.
I'Jo. Paralcidia errabimda spec. nov.
Forcwuuj : piukish ochreous, but the basal four-fifths of wing is suffused with
dark olive-fuscous, as far as the Innulate-dentate submarginal line, which rises at
three-fourths of the costa and runs obli(jnely outwards to vein 6, cutting off a
small olive costal blotch beyond ; the pale ochreous ground-colour of the marginal
fifth is striated with olive, and shows the veins across it pink ; along vein 4 this
pale ground projects inwards to cell, where it is joined by an oblique pale streak
from before middle of costa, which is incurved from vein 5 aud runs vertically
to the submedian fold ; the cell-spot ochreous ; along inner margin are some fine
ochreous striae, and au ochreous spot at one-fourth suggests the termination of
an inner line; costa with fine ochreous points; the lunules of the submarginal
line contain externally some olive-green spots, from which streaks of green scales
run to the dark olive marginal line ; fringe pinkish ochreous, mottled with olive
beyond veins.
liindwiny : pinkish ochreous, with the dark markings of underside showing
through ; fringe ochreous.
Underside of forewing pinkish ochreous, with the dark olive area showiug
through ; costa striated with olive : hindwing tinged and striated with olive as far
as a thick deep olive crenulated outer line ; ccll-sjiot dark olive ; abdominal margin
below fold ochreous.
10
( 140 )
Head, shoulders, patagia, and a broad lah'ral streak <iii abdumeu dark olive ;
tborax and abdomea above and below, ami tips of palpi pinkish ochreous ; legs
ochrcoiis dajijded with <;reeu.
E.N]iaiise of wings : 27 mm.
1 cJ,4 ? ?.
196. Paralcidia marginata spec. uov.
Forewing : olive-green as far as snbmarginal line, which is mnch nearer the
margin than in errahtimla ; the pale jjinkish ochreous area therefore narrower; the
line runs obliquely ont from three-fourths of costa and is blnntly bent at vein 6,
slightly indented on both folds ; the marginal area sprinkled with green scales,
the veins pink ; at anal angle the ochreous tint runs in along iuuer margin to
near base; fringe pinkish ochreous, with slight green chequering ; discal spot dark,
obscure.
Jlitidicing : pinkish ochreous, appearing grey to near margin from tlie dark
area beneath.
Underside of both wings dull olive, blurred in forewing, deeper in liiiulwing ;
cell-spots dark ; marginal area and fringe pinkish ochreous with slight green
speckling.
Head, shoulders, patagia, abdomen beneath, the segmental divisions, and top of
anal segment dark olive; thorax and abdomen ochreous.
Expanse of wings : c?, 27 mm. ; ? , 32 mm.
3 c?cJ, 1 ?.
197. Paralcidia rufivenata spec. nov.
Forewing: green thickly speckled with pink and grey scales; the veins deep
pink : costa dotted, pink and green ; lines white, edged with deep green ; first
from beyond one-third of costa, oblique outward and curved round at end to median
above the rise of vein 2, continued between median and snbmedian as a vertical
white lunule much nearer base, and below submedian by a white oblique streak
Dearer still ; followed by deep green shades between the veins ; in the mottled
basal area are a dark green sjiot in cell and another oblicjuely below it near base;
outer line from two-thirds, obliquely curved outwards to 0, insinuate beyond cell
and in submedian interval, outcurved between, below submedian sliarpiy oblique
basewards, edged internally by dark green Innnles ; in the marginal area are three
green blotches ; one on costa, broad, reaching to vein 6 ; one at anal angle reaching
vein 2, narrow; the third towards margin between them, separated by hoary grey
scaling ; dark marginal lunules between veins ; fringe pink, chequered with green.
llindwing : whitish ochreous, becoming grey towards hindmargin ; the veins
at extremity and the fringe pink ; a grey cell-spot and waved postmedian line.
Underside of forewing blurred cinereous-green to outer line, which is dark ;
costa pink striated with green ; the veins pink ; marginal area paler than basal :
hindwing sjieckled with green up to the tiiiek dark green outer line, which is
lunulale-dentate; cell-sjiot dark; abdominal margin paler, more broadly in c?.
Face and jialpi deep pink ; palpi externally dark green ; vertex, shoulders, and
patagia deep green ; thorax and abdomen pinkish grey ; abdomen below and legs
pink ; terminal curl of hindtibia shining olive ; antennae piuk.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
2 JJ,2 ?¥.
( 14?)
Tlie (? of tlie .sjiecies, wliile in geueral structure it agrees with tyi)ical Paial-
cidia, differs iu three particulars : the costa of hiudwing is convex and roughly
haired; the hindtibiae ave much swollen towards extremity and fringed with hair,
and at the end bear a curled tuft of shining hairs ; and thirdly the antepenultimate
segment of the abdomen beneath bears an abrupt jirojeetion, and is clothed with
tufts of rough hair.
198. Paralcis coerulescens spec. nov.
Forcwinq : mixed fulvous brown and purplish grey, irrorsited with bluish
grey scales ; the veins fulvous, the median broadly so ; lines velvety black ; first
at one-fourth, angled outwards in cell and on submedian fold, and swollen on
costa, median vein, and inner margin ; outer line crcuulate, outcurved, at two-
thirds, thickened on veins ; median line similar, nearer outer than inner line ;
cell-spot ronnd and black, with a linear blue-grey centre ; the outer line is edged
with bluish grey scales, and followed from costa to middle by a black shade ;
submarginal line blue-grey, preceded by black blotches between the veins ;
interrupted between 6 and 7 and 3 and 4 ; marginal black spots between veins ;
fringe purplish grey.
Ilitidwing : dark slaty grey ; the cell-spot, postmedian, and submarginal line
showing darker ; veins towards margin fulvous ; fringe slaty gray with a fulvous
sheen.
Underside dark slaty cinereous, the fringe and cell-spots deeper ; ajjex of
forcwiug pale.
Head and thorax purplish ; abdomen shining dark cinereous.
Expanse of wings : 38 mm.
109. Paralcis curvilinea spec. nov.
ForctciiHj : dark reddish brown, overlaid with a purplish shade in the central
area ; first line at one-fifth, black, angled outwards in cell, then oblique inwards,
with a paler inner edge ; outer line from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of
inner margin, outcurved from below costa to submedian fold, where it is indented,
black with a pale outer edge; a black median line, waved, and projecting just
below median vein, followed by the black cell-spot ; submarginal line very obscure,
grey with a black edging, preceded by a black blotch on inner margin beyond
outer line ; the apex bluish grey, with some black scaling along hindmargiu
beneath it ; marginal spots black ; fringe brown.
lUndwing : dirty whitish ochreous, speckled with grey, with a dark cell-siwt,
and a strongly curved grey postmedian line ; fringe pale.
Underside of both wings like upi)ersidc of hindwing, the forewing blurred.
Head olive-ochreous ; base of shoulders, patagia, and a lateral line on thorax
purplish black ; tips of shoulders, thorax, metathorax, and basal segments of
abdomen pale ochreous ; abdomen greyish ochreous with dull brown-grey dorsal-
blotches ; tarsi mottled brown and ochreous.
Expanse of wings : 34 mm.
2 ??.
At the base of forewing, in the usual place of the fovea, there is visible a
small pustule.
( 148 )
2UU. Paralcis deformis spec. nov.
Forcwiiiij : pale wood-brown, smeared with greyish fuscons as far as outer
line; first line at oue-fburtb, black and interrupted, bent in cell; outer line from
twii-tbirds of costa to tbree-fonrtlis of inner margin, bhxclcisb, outenrvcd from 0 to
submedian fold ; cell-spot large and black ; traces of a median shade, plainest on
costa and above inner margin ; snbmargiual line pale, waved ; the lunnles filled in
with blackish ; marginal area tinged with deeper brown ; some black marginal
dots ; fringe brown.
llii)ihciii</ : ]iale brown, with grey speckling; a black cell-spot and grey
postmediau line.
Underside darker ; both wings dark grey to outer line ; cell-spots black.
Head and thorax brown varied with black ; abdomen like hiudvviiigs.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 6.
The single example is considerably worn.
2i)l. Paralcis discata spec, nov., and ab. alterata nov., and ab. albiclausa nov.
Forcwiiig : dull olive-lirown, generally densely covered with bluish grey and
olive scaling, so that the dark ground-colour is lost ; a large oval Idackish
cell-spot ; a dark blotch at extreme base ; lines darker, but obscure ; first at
one-fourth, bent in cell, then vertical ; outer from three-fifths of costa to two-
thirds of inner margin, obli(pie outwards to vein 5, then inwards to submedian
fold, then again outwards ; submarginal line obscure, parallel to outer line, preceded
by darker scaling in the lunules and with the whole marginal area beyond dark
brown, except between 3 and 4, where the bine-grey mottling rnns through to
margin ; marginal lunules black, edged outwardly with {)alc ; fringe brownish
grey ; median shade always obscure.
Ilindwing : dull greyish white, speckled with olive-grey ; a blackish cell-spot,
a sinuous dark outer line, and traces on inner margin only of antemedian and
submarginal lines ; fringe concolorous, beyond a dark marginal festoon.
Underside like npperside of hindwing ; cell-sjiots black ; the lines indicated
on forewing ; costa of forewing distinctly striated with dark.
Head and thorax like forewing, abdomen like hindwing.
Expanse of wings : 30 — 3.j mm.
A long series, all ? ? .
In the aberration alterata the broad central and narrow marginal areas are of
the brown ground-colour, unspeckled by white ; but the intervals preceding and
Ibllowing the fascia become altogether bluish grey or whitish, and the submarginal
line shows more broadly white ; in these cases the dark central area is broader
than in typical dittcata, the brown suffusion not only including the space between
inner and outer lines, but also extending to the dark shades which precede the
inner and follow the outer lines, and which in the typical form are more or less
obsolete ; median shade distinct and black.
Expanse of wings : 28 — 36 mm.
4 ? ¥.
The aberration (dlndausa is the extreme form of ab. a/tt'nita, in whicli the
brown central fascia is bordered on each side by broad white bands.
2 ??.
( 140 )
2112. Paralcis Mvisecta spec. nov.
cJ. Foreicing : olive-grej' sprinkled with blackish aud reddish scales in basal
two-thirds, beyond dark olive-fuscons ; the lines black ; first from one-fifth of
costa to one-fourth of inner margin, obliqne outwards above and angled botli above
and below median, preceded by a distinct wliitish line following patches of dark
olive between the veins ; traces of inner dark blotches ; outer line at two-thirds,
distinctly lunulate-dentate above middle, angled bluntly on vein 4 and thence
simply waved, followed by a whitish line ; cell-mark vertically oblong, large and
l)lack, with a pale linear centre ; above it a medinn line, thick aud black, rises,
running outwards obli(£uely to 6, then luuulate-deutate, parallel to outer line to
vein 3, thence incnrved to middle of inner margin, the space between it and outer
line above middle whitish ; a broad curved cream-coloured band from apex to
inner margin before anal angle, meeting an arm from three-fourths of costa, both
more or less dusted with rufous-olive scales ; submarginal line fine, white, sinuous,
from costa before apex, approaching hindmargin above vein 4, then toothed inwards
on veins and broadly lunate between them ; median vein fulvous throughout,
this tint broadened along vein 4 nearly across the interval between it and 'i ; the
other veins fulvous in places, ending as dull fulvous lunules on hindmargin
alternating with the black marginal lunules ; fringe yellowish ochreous, Ijroadly
mottled with olive-fuscous beyond veins, and with a dark dividing line.
In the ? the discal spot is much larger, velvety-black, scarcely showing the
pale centre, aud followed by a quadrate white blotch ; the curved white band from
ajiex is absent, being rejjresented by an obscure band of olive ; the apical space
between submarginal line aud the oblique outer edge of the band is white, and the
pale fulvous marginal area runs in as a rounded pale-scaled tooth between veins 3
and 4 ; fringe darker.
Ilindwing : cinereous, darker along hindmargin ; with a thick dark postmedian
line, edged with white on inner margin, traces of a snljmarginal line, and a dark
cell-spot; fringe dark cinereous beyond black marginal lunnles.
Underside dark slaty cinereous with an olive tinge ; apex of forewing aud
inner margin of hindwiug paler ; in the ? blackish, with large diffuse black
cell-spots followed by white patches, that in forewing large ; apex of forewing
white.
Head and thorax dark olive and fuscous ; abdomen cinereous ; jialpi externally,
pectus, and forelegs black.
Expanse of wings : (?, 40 mm. ; ? , 44 mm.
5 (?(?, 6 ? ?.
203. Paralcis junctilinea spec. nov. and al). punctata nov.
Foi-ciciiig : fawn-drab, slightly dusted with darker ; lines fuscous, fine ; first at
one-fourth, nearly straight ; outer from three-fourths of costa to middle of inner
margin, parallel to hindmargin, but slightly bent in on submedian fold ; cell-spot
blackish with grey centre, followed by a brown median line, approximated to outer
Hue on inner margin ; a blackish submarginal line from costa to vein 5, forming
slight black lunules between veins, edged with white from G to 4, the uppermost
largest, aud followed by a slight brown cloud to apex ; fringe concolorous ; a row
of black dots between veins just before margin ; a brown horizontal streak nuuiing
from cell to submarginal line above vein 4,
( 150)
Hindtrhifi : with the two brown lines wider apart at eosta, the outer more
sinnons, approximating on inner margin ; cell-spot small, black.
Underside whitj'-brown with the lines faiut ; ecll-s])iits black ; tlirco or four
black spots before apex.
Head, thorax, and abdomen concolnrons ; face darker ; anal segment paler.
In the aberration punctata the gronnd-colonr is darker ; the lines are repre-
sented b}" black spots on veins, the median shade Ijeing a ditl'iise cloud ; the
submarginal line is more distinct across wing, with the white spots larger, coalescing
above ; in the 9 develoj)ing into a whitish apical blotcli ; the cell-spots are larger
in the ?.
There is no trace of the dark horizontal line of tlie type-form.
Expanse of wings : S, 30 ram. ; ? , 34 mm.
2 (?c? of the type-form ; 1 (?, 1 ? of the aberration.
204. Paralcis latimedia spec. nov.
Foretcing : sepia-brown with dark striae ; costa with black striations ; a
blackish blotch at base ; first line thick, velvety-black, projecting outwards above
and below median, from before one-fonrth of costa to one-fonrth of inner margin ;
the area beyond it sntfnsed with brownish fnscons deepening to black at the outer
edge, which runs from two-thirds of costa to four-fifths of inner margin, irregularly
waved and forming a bitid projection on veins 3 and 4, edged first by a pale and
then a dark brown line ; in the outer third of fascia a dark lino runs parallel to
outer edge beyond a blackish vertical linear cell-sjiot ; submarginal line obscured
by cloudy brown marginal shading, whieh is interrupted between 3 and 4 ; a fine
marginal festoon, connecting the black spots ; fringe brown.
IIi)i(lwi))g : dirty whitish, dnsted with dull grey; a dark grey waved post-
median line from two-thirds of costa to inner margin above anal angle, with traces
of two other grey lines from the angle ; a dark Innulate marginal line ; fringe pale,
with a reddish tinge.
Underside of both wings like uj)perside of hindwing ; basal half of forewing,
except along inner margin, dull cinereous.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey ; paljii and slmuidcrs blaik ; jiatagia
and dorsal blotches of abdomen brown-black ; fiice brown.
Expanse of wings : 44 mm.
2 ? V.
205. Paralcis pallidimargo spec. nov.
Fornripfi : pinkish ochreous flushed with pale brownish in the S, jialer
ochreous flushed with olive-grey in the ? ; a sliglit dark brown patch at base ;
a donble black basal line, the interval filled in with lirown, irregularly bracket-
sliaped ; outer lino black, lunulatc-dentatc, at two-thirds, indented below costa,
running outwards to vein 5, forming a blunt projection between 5 and 4, then
inwards, followed by a thick dark brown shade ; median line from two-fifths of
costa, sinuate outwards to cell, tiien incurved, and again below middle running
outwards ; space between median and outer lines partially filled with brownish
black and with a patch of hoary grey scales on discocellular ; submarginal line
waved, preceded on costa by a double brown Innulate blotch, by two smaller brown
Innules beyond cell, and by a jiniminent black-brown sjmt on inner margin ;
marginal area black-brown from 4 to near apex, below 4 brown in the c?> olive
( IM )
or olive-ochrcous in the ? ; marginal sjiots large, black ; fringe dark brown with
ochreous flecks in the S ; ochreons with brown flecks in ? .
Ilindwing : ochreous 'at base, becoming grey-speckled and darker to the dark
grey snbmarginal line, containing a grey cell-spot and fine waved postmedian line ;
marginal area ochreons with slight speckling, and some dark marginal spots ; fringe
ochreous.
Underside of forewiug dull dark brown to turee-fonrths, the marginal area
ochreons, and some patches of ochreous along costa ; hiudwing as above, with a
dark cell-spot.
Abdomen ochreous speckled with brown ; face and palpi black-brown ; vei-tex
and thorax brown mixed with ochreous ; antennae ochreous spotted with brown.
Expanse of wiags : S 35 mm. ; ? 35 — 40 mm.
1 c?, 3 ??.
The two larger ? ? are much paler in tint throughout than the other ? and
the type S, but the markings are identical.
206. Paralcis ruptilinea spec. nov.
Forewincj : dark brown tinged with purplish grey; costa spotted with
yellowish ; lines blackish brown ; basal from one-fourth of costa to before one-
third of inner margin strongly outcurved above median ; outer line at three-fifths,
angled outwards on vein 4, concave above, marked chiefly by black vein-spots ;
a black cell-spot, over which a cloudy median line runs, approaching outer line
on inner margin ; snbmarginal line sinuous, indistinct, but marked by the deeper
tinge beyond it ; an oblique angular line from apex to snbmarginal line at vein (i,
edged outwardly with deep black ; the included costal triangle sometimes white,
sometimes like ground-colour.
Iliiuhmig : slaty bluish, ferruginous at anal angle, above which there are
traces of lines.
Underside dull slate-colonr, the costa of forewing yellow-spotted ; cell-spots
black ; apical triangle concolorous with upperside.
Head and thorax like forewing ; abdomen greyer ; antennae whitish.
Expanse of wings : 35—40 mm.
2 ? ?.
Most probably with other variations.
207. Paralcis venusta spec. nov.
S. Forewinr/ : pearl-grey, bluish grey at base and along costa, cream-colour
before snbmarginal line ; costa thickly striated with blade ; first line at one-fourth,
bracket-shaped, vertical between the folds and retracted at each end, with a grey
shade before it tinged with rosy brown below median ; outer line from two-thirds
of costa, sinuous, being incurved below middle and again outcurved before inner
margin, black, sharply dentate on veins, followed by a rosy brown shade ; median
line also black and dentate, more outcurved from costa, closely approximated
to outer line, which it touches forming a black blotch, on submediau fold ; a
large brown difl'use patch on discocellular lies within its upper curve; snbmarginal
line waved, interrupted ; from costa to vein 7 edged inwardly with black, and
distinct, passing through the grey costal shading, more or loss obliterated below
by the cream-coloured area, which between 3 and 4 j)rojects to hindmargin, inter-
( 152 )
rnjiting the brownish grey margin.al area; marginal spots largo niul black, joinod
by black streaks between 7 and 4 to the Innnles of submarginal line, and to each
other by a fine marginal line ; fringe mottled dark and light grey.
Ilincln-ing : blnish grey, with a dark ba.<al mark, an indistinct grey antemcdiau
line and small dark ocellns on discocellnlar ; the rest as m forewing. but the jialo
snbmarginal space not so wide and greyer, not interriiptiug the marginal area.
Underside dark slaty fnscons with a greenish tinge ; lines hardly visible ;
fringes and apex of forewing pale grey.
Falpi black; head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey ; basal segment of abdomen
black, second whitish, third with a pair of black spots ; alxlomen beneath and legs
slaty fnscons ; foretarsi blackish, with the joints pale.
?. Snlfascd throughont with jmrplish grey and brown, and thickly black-
speckled, especially along the veins, so that the whole wing surface assumes a
mottled appearance, the underside becoming black.
Expanse of wings : 4U mm.
1 cJ, 2 ? ?.
Subfamily SELIDOSEMINAE.
208. Tolmera albibasalis AVarr.
When this species was described, S'oe. Zool. x. p. 404 (1903), only the S
was known. Now along with 7 cJ(? a single ? has been sent; iu this sex of
this species the antennae are bipectinate, the pectinations thicker and shorter than
iu the (?.
Both wings are jjaler brown, and the outer line is not so near the hindmargiu
as in the c?.
209. Tolmera marcescens spec. nov.
S. Foreicimj: white, washed with pale brown and speckled with black ; the
veins pale ; lines white ; first at one-fifth, acutely angled below subcostal vein, and
oblique inwards, edged outwardly (and iu S inwardly also) with dark ; outer liue
from three-fifths of costa, below which it is incurved slightly, parallel to inner line
as far as submedian fold, then outcurved to two-thirds of inner margin, inwardly
edged with dark : the space between the lines with a dark central shade ; sub-
marginal line waved, the Innnles filled up with dark ; a dark oblique blotch beyond
it to ai)ex from vein 6, the apex itself jialer; dark marginal Innnles; fringe pale
chequered with dark brown.
In the only ? seen, and of which the ground-colour is paler, being more mixed
with white, the second line starts from nearer middle, forms two concavities inwards,
and two outward teeth on the median and submedian veins.
Iliiuhcing : pale ochreous, slightly speckled ; cell-spot and curved outer line
grey ; marginal spots dark.
Underside of forewing pale ochreous, yellower towards costa, which is spotted
with brown ; outer and submarginal lines brown towards costa ; marginal Innnles
and chequering of fringe black-brown: hindwing yellowish, paler towards abdominal
margin, speckled with brown, and with brown outer line and cell-spot.
Palpi ochreous, brown externally ; face pale ochreous with two brown spots ;
vertex, shoulders, and ])atagia jjale brown, black-speckled; abdomen pale ochreous
without any speckling ; legs pale brown, black-mottled ; ? with vertex white,
( 153 )
Expanse of wings : S 35 mm. ; ? 38 mm.
4 d'c?, 1 ?. ^
The ? differs from the ? of 7\ albihusalis, the type species, in having the
antennae not bipeetinate, bnt simi)Ie, ail the segments sharply angulate, witli a
bristle from each angulation.
210. Trochistis albivertex .spec. nov.
Forewiny : fawn-colour speckled with black; costa striated with black; a
blacki.sh dot at base of submedian vein ; three brownish outwardly oblique lines
from costa at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-thirds to one-fifth, one-half, and four-fifths
of inner margin respectively ; the inner line waved, incomplete ; the second
followed by a small black cell-spot ; tlie third a little waved below middle, followed
by a pair of lilack spots, one on each side of vein 3 ; a cloud of black striae at apex,
in which the commencement of a submarginal line is visible ; marginal dots black ;
fringe paler.
lUivhviMj : with dark central line ; the outer lino not visible, though the two
black spots are present, but duller, beyond it.
Underside whity-brown, black-speckled ; marginal dots black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; palpi with terminal segment black,
its tip white ; vertex snow-white ; antennae annulated black and brown ; basal
segment white.
Expanse of wings : 37 mm.
1 ?. ""
211. Trochistis asinina spec. nov.
Forewitig : dull fuscous, s^jcckled with dark ; the lines darker ; the costa with
a few very fine white markings, distinct only in the S ; three outwardly inclined
dark lines at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-tliirds, and a broader but more diti'nse
submarginal line ; in the cJ these are partially accompanied by white scaling, and
the submarginal line is followed by a patch of white scales from costa to vein 4 ;
the marginal dots white ; in the ? all these are absent, the marginal dots being
minute; cell-spot black.
Iliiidwing : without inner line; cell-spot white; in the S the jiostmedian is
accompanied by bright white scales as well as the submarginal and marginal lines ;
fringe with pale tips.
Underside of forewiug dull olive-fuscous dusted with pale, the costa and
hindmargin darker ; cell-spot and outer line marked : hindwing whitish dnsted
with dark, the outer line and hindmargin only fuscous ; all the tints darker
in ¥ than in cJ.
Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; tips of palpi and anal tuft of c? pale
ochreous ; antennae black, the shaft annulated ; pectinations of S plumose.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 c?, 5 ?¥.
212. Trochistis rufoliva spec nov.
Forcwinij : deep red-brown, with an oval snow-white cell-spot; costa in S
blotched with olive-green, in ¥ with paler green, the green sj)aees with brown
striations ; three ouLvvurdly inclined thick red-brown lines at one-fifth, two-fifths,
( 154 )
and two-thirds, most distinct in the V ; from the groon intervals lines and bands of
pale green scales run across the wing between and edging the lines, plain only in
the ?,the middle space being broad and pale throughout; a submarginal row of
green or gre3--greeu spots on veins, and a marginal series of smaller green spots
round the black spots, these last showing also in the S ; fringe red-brown flecked
with greenish white.
Hindwing : with the two outer series only jilain, the greenish white speckling
being more scattered ; cell-spot small, white.
Underside whitish ochreous, greyer in forewing, grey-speckled; a grey
snbmarginal shade, slight in forewing ; white spot of forewing showing through ;
the coloration deeper in the ? .
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; palpi tipped with pale ; abdomen
dusted with greenish white ; anal tuft of S ochreous, red beneath ; antennae black
and pale ; pectinations in S short and stifi'.
Expanse of wings : 37 mm.
4 cJc?, 4 ? ?.
213. Trochistis vulpina spec. nov.
Forewing: rufous brown, peppered with blue-grey scales in the J, and with
black spots and striae in the ? ; cosfa black-brown ; lines dark brown, all obliqne
outwards, from costa at one-fifth, two-fifths, and two-thirds to one-fourth, one-half,
and three-fourths of inner margin respectively, the outer line twice bent; in the ?
all the lines become black at inner margin ; submarginal line in ? preceded and
fcilldwed by a black shade from costa to vein 4, and with one on inner margin before
it ; in c? not marked ; marginal spots blue-grey in S, black in ? ; fringe con-
colorous ; cell-spot minute, black.
Hindwing : similar ; the markings much clearer in ¥ ; cell-spot black in a
grey ring.
Underside whitish with a pink tinge and grey-speckled ; apex of forewing
rufous ; fringe rufous ; marginal and cell-dots black ; ? with the markings stronger,
the fringe deep red.
Head and palpi deep brown, tips of palpi ochreous ; thorax and abdomen like
wings ; abdomen in S sj)eckled with blue-grey, in ? with black; anal segment
in 6 with a white black-edged dorsal blotch and the tufts ochreous, the ? with a
black blotch and one at base ; abdomen beneath, pectus, and legs pinkish white ;
antennae black, the shaft in cJ annulated with white; the pectination full.
Expanse of wings : 35 mm.
1 c?, 1 ?.
Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE.
214. Gonodela papuensis spec. nov. and ab. densinotata, ochrimixta,
albisparsa, and caesiata nov.
S- I'Ofi'iriiig : fawn-colour, dusted with grey; costa finely dotted dark and
yellowish ; lines brown, somewhat indistinct : first at one-fifth, right-angled on
subcostal vein ; second at one-half, angled on vein 0, then vertical, parallel to first ;
outer at three-fourths, also angled on vein (5, then incurved to two-thirds of inner
margin, thick and dark brown, followed by a i)ale and then a dark line, before the
dark brown marginal area, the u])per edge of which runs obliquely from angle of
( 155 )
outer lino to below apex ; a clomly waved darker .submargiual shade ; marf;iiial
black spots between veins; fringe dark brown ; cell-spot small, black.
Illiu/winq: without basal line; antemedian incurved in cell before the cell-
si)ot; outer double line straight, at thrce-fiftlis ; the marginal brown area paler.
? without the dark brown marginal area ; often with a double black blotch
before outer line from 5 to 3, with a single black blotch beyond it between 3 and 4.
Underside of forewing of S brown along costa and in marginal area; basal liaU'
ochreous spotted with brown ; middle and outer lines Ijrown ; some dashes of bluisii
white before apex and bluish-white sjiots at base of fringe : hiudwing bluish white
speckled with brown, with the lines brown and fulvous, the veins fulvous ; in
the ? the bluish-white tint is much more developed in both wing.s ; cell-spots
black.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fawn-colour ; face and palpi mottled with Itrown ;
antennae ciliated.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
7 c?c?, 4 ? ?.
The aberration (lensitiotata occurs in the ? only ; all three lines are distinct,
thick and brown-black or black ; the outer is followed by dark blotches between
veins, interrupted between 4 and 0 in the forewing, less marked but not interrupted
in hindwing ; the ground-colour is pale lilac-grey, or whitish, or pinky ochreous,
with more evident speckling; underside more variegated, the lines more prominent.
3 ??.
In ab. ochri mixta the ground-colour in both sexes is dirty whitish speckled with
darker ; the S S, as in the type form, with darker marginal areas.
3 SS, 3 ? ?.
In ab. albisparsa , confined to the ? ? only, the ground-colour is white, more or
less densely powdered with grey ; the marginal area darker grey with a whitisii
blotch above vein 0 ; the lines dark from costa, and often marked by dark dashes on
veins ; the black blotches of outer line nearly always present, and in some instances
largely developed and laterally confluent; the underside much whiter.
8 ? ?.
Lastly, the ab. caesi/ifa, which is restricted to the c?t?, has the whole upperside
slaty purplish ; the lines dark, tinged with ferruginous : the underside with fewer
whitish scales.
3 c?c?.
21.5. lulocera albinigra .spec, no v.
Forciciiiij : uniform dark purplish slate-colour; costa with fine pale dots;
lines blackish ; first at one-fifth, slightly bent at median vein ; second before
one-half, angled below subcostal, and touching the black cell-spot ; outer line at
two-thirds, bluntly bent at vein 5, preceded by yellowish scales, thickened between
3 and 4 and followed by a dark cloud ; a white subapical spot above vein 0 ;
fringe concolorous, with white spots along base beyond the black marginal spots.
Himlwimj : with antemedian and outer lines close together and i)arallel, the
outer edged internally with yellow scales ; cell-spot black ; submargiual line pale,
very indistinct.
Underside with the lines and bands dark, the intervals paler, with a few bluish-
white specks, all much more prominent and numerous in the hindwing ; subapical
spot of forewing and basal spots of fringe white and largely developed.
( 156 )
Head, thorax, and abdomen concoloroiis.
Expanse of wings : 20 mm.
1 S.
21C. Petrodava gibbosa ali. subradiata nov.
This form is distinguished at once by the underside of the wings, which have
both folds marked from base with snow-white streaks, the cell-fold in the hindwing
being white from base to margin, and the subniedian being often acconijiiuiifd by
another on each side ; in some cases tlie intervals between veins towards liiiidiuargin
are also streaked with white and black scales.
3 Jc?, 2 ¥?.
Sl'bfamily ENNOMINAE.
217. Azelinopsis amaura spec. nov.
Forewiiig : pearl-grey, largely snft'nsed with olive and darker grey; basal patch
qnitc small, olive ; band following it broad on costa, narrow on inner margin, dull
pearl-grey with a darker centre ; inner edge of central fascia from one-fourth of
costa to one-fourth of inner margin, bent in cell ; a similar median line ; outer edge
of fascia from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths of inner margin, minutely dentate,
edged with pale ; all three lines olive, starting from triangular costal blotches ;
costa whitish between the lines, dark-speckled ; space between median and outer
lines pearl -grey ; marginal third olive-brown, with a waved dark p.ale-edged
snbmarginal lino and a yellowish blotch on each side of it beyond cell ; fringe
olive-brown.
Hindwing : pale grey, speckled with darker ; marginal area olive-grey ; a
curved median and Innulate-dentate grey snbmarginal line, both starting from
dark brown blotches on inner margin ; cell-spot grey.
Underside dark olive-brown, with blackish speckling, the forewing greyer and
blurred ; all the lines dark brown.
Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-brownish.
Expanse of wings : 3n mm.
1 ?.
Differs from typical Azelinopsis in not having hyaline cell-spots ; the excision
in hindwing oblique, and reaching only from vein 1 to 2. In forewing, veins 7, 8, 9
are stalked, but rise near end of cell ; and veins 10, 1 1 arc coincident, not separate.
Epitherapis gen. nov.
Foi-ewinij : narrow ; costa faintly arched and slightly inbent beyond middle ;
apex blunt ; hindmargin oblique outwards with faint creuulation to vein <'<, thence
curved inwards ; anal angle obtuse.
llindwinfi : ample, broader than forewing, with rounded crenulate hindmargin.
Abdomen (c?) long, slender; anal tuft bifid; antennae jilumose, the extreme
apex simple ; palpi short and broad, the terminal segment minute ; tongue and
frenulum present; hindlegs broken off; forewing with fovea at base.
Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellnlar vertical, curved ;
first median nervule at fmr-fifths, second close before third ; radials normal ; 7, 8, '.»
stalked ; 10, 11 stalked: hindwing, costal and subcostal closely approximated for
half of cell ; veins 7 and 3 from before angle.
Tyj)e : Epitherajns stramincata spec. nov.
( 157 )
218. Epitherapis stramineata spec, no v.
ForeiciiKj : straw-colour, washed here and there with jiale oehreou.s ; costal
edge pale, with oblique dark streaks and grey-speckled towards base; first line at
one-fourth, angled on median, marked by black spots on veins ; outer line from
just before apex, oblique to vein 4, then still more oblique to inner margin before
middle, black, with deeper black points on veins ; followed closely by a dark smoky
grey shade from vein 7 to 1 ; snbmarginal line shown by whitish wedge-shaped
marks between veins, those above middle followed by black scaling; a grey-brown
triangle on hiiuhuargin from apex to vein 0, the costal space before apex whitish ;
cell-spot brown ; a slight brownish median shade, and a browu llusli before
snbmarginal line.
Ilindiciiiij : with single obscure antemediau line ; the browu cell-spot followed
by a difl'use triple grey postmedian shade, bent outwards on submedian fold ;
snbmarginal line preceded by a row of brown patches between veins ; the margin
grey-brown ; fringe greyish ochreous ; inner margin and fringe grey-brown.
Underside paler, with all the brown markings distinct.
Head, thorax, and abdomen straw-colour Hushed with pale brown ; palpi
externally and forelegs blackish.
Expanse of wings : 48 mm.
1 c?.
219. Garaeus papuensis spec. nov.
Foreiviiig : rich chestnut-brown ; costa white at base, and with white patches
beyond all the lines ; the brown area with transverse blackish striae ; lines broad,
dark grey, varied with pale grey and whitish scales : first from one-fourth of costa
to one-third of inner margin, with dark spots on veins; outer line from three-fourths
of costa, oblique outwards and angled on vein G, then oblique inwards, widening
downwards, to two-thirds of inner margin, lunulate-dentate externally, the teeth
marked with white-pointed black spots on veins, followed on costa by a snow-white
streak ; the costa towards apex blackish, traversed by a snbmarginal white line, finely
waved, to a yellow spot above vein 6, then diffusely blackish and ending in a zigzag
whitish grey streak at anal angle ; a deeper brown median shade, angled at the
black cell-spot, then obliijue; fringe bright chestnut, with a yellow spot below apex.
Hiniliciixj : greyer, mixed with blue-grey scales, and whitish along inner
margin ; a broad red-bruwu median shade, and a wide brown band above anal
angle, traversed by a bluish white lunulate-dentate snbmarginal line.
Underside dark brown thickly sprinkled with bluish scales ; basal patch of
forewing, and median shades of both wings brown ; outer lines blue.
Head, thorax, and abdomen cliestnut-brown ; vertex and shaft of antennae
ochreous.
Expanse of wings : 30 mm.
1 c?.
220. Heterodisca castanea spec. nov.
Foretciiuj : bright chestunt-brown, with thick darker brown transverse striae;
but the iJaler ground-colour is only visible in the lower half of central area, all
the rest being clouded with dcej) brown ; lines marked by black white-tijipcd dots
on veins ; first nearly straight from one-fifth of costa to one-third of inner margin ;
outer straight and oblique from five-sixths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin ; a
( 158 )
(luik bliitcli oil (liscocellular ; costa strignlated with chirk brown and Ncllow; fringe
browu, pale sfjottt'd in ajiical half.
Uindiciitg : fuscous tinged with reddish, with a slightly curved line just beyond
middle, marked by black dots on veins ; fringe red-brown.
Underside of forewing like iqiperside of hindwing, with dim dark striae e.xcejit
on inner-marginal half: hindwing redder; costal area and cell with black and
grey striae; inner margin paler, with dark striae; a curved postmedian dark- lino
and black cell-spot ; veins and parts of hindmargin red.
Head and thorax woolly, deep chestnut ; abdomen duller red with a grey tint.
Expanse of wings : 36 mm.
1 ?.
Lobophysa gen. nov.
A development of (loiwphaga, characterised by tiie invscnco of a lobe at base
of inner margin of hindwing in the S , reaching about one-third, and preceded at
base by a double hyaline elongate space on each side of vein 1, which is swollen.
Type : Lobophijsa vagilinea spec. nov.
GoHOphiiga straminca Warr., Nov. Zool. x. }>. 408, must be removed to this
geuns.
~21. Lobophysa vagilinea spec, nov., ai.d ab. obsoleta nov., perstrigata nov.,
and colorata nov.
Forewing : pale fawn-colour (when faded, grejish white), sparsely black-
speckled ; lines blackish, sharply defined ; first bracket-shaped, at one-fonrth,
vertical from subcostal to snbmedian vein, both extremities retracted; outer line
from three-fourths of costa oblique and slightly curved to vein 7, thence oblique
inwards with a slight curve to before middle of inner margin, preceded below
middle by the median line, of which the upper portion is obsolete ; the angle
of outer line at 7 touches the apex of a brown-grey triangular blotch on hind-
margin extending from apex to vein 4 ; submarginal lino hardly marked except
by a black blotch at anal angle ; a row of dark dots just before margin ; fringe
concolorous ; cell-spot annular, small.
Hindwing : with a dark mark at base, a difl'uso dark lino of scales from
cell to end of lobe on inner margin; a black median line, generally curved
inwardly round the annular cell-spot, joined on inner margin by iiu uutcurved
postmedian line, which is sometimes completely lunulate-dentate, at others marked
only by the dark teeth on the veins : submarginal line from apex to anal angle,
angled between 4 and G and outwardly paler margined, with black spots on the
veins.
Underside paler, with the lines, cell-spots, and speckling blacker ; submarginal
lines wavy ; apex of forewing whitish ; a short brown line from origin of vein 2
to inner margin, and a curved brown line from two-thirds of costa to three-fourths
of inner margin.
Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; palpi externally black ; face
browner; shoulders brown; metathorax with a pair of black spots; some black
spots on middle dorsal segments.
Expanse of wings : 40 mm.
In the aberration obsoleta the Hues are more or less obscured ; the basal
line being represented by dark dots; a brown blotch edged by two black lines
( 150 )
from inner margin to snljmedian foUl represents tlic ends of the median and
onter lines ; and in one instance tlic submarginal line is marked liy a large black-
brown blotch at anal angle and another beyond cell on the edge of the brown
triangle; the hindwing and underside remain as in the type.
The aberration jjersfiiifafa is much more abnormal : the ground-colour is pale
pearl-grey ; all lines and markings are nearly absent; a thick donble brown-black
streak, well-defined basewards but diffuse outwards, runs from jnst below apex
of forewing to middle of inner margin, and is produced across hindwing as a
broad band occupying the second fourth of the wing, with the black cell-spot on
its outer edge ; underside the same ; the dorsum with a broad brown band across
third and fourth segments.
2 c? c? of the type form ; 5 t? (? of ab. ohsoleta ; and 1 c? of jjerstrigata.
The two brown lines of the underside of forewing are visible above only in
worn specimens.
In the third aberration, colorafa, of which a single c? only has been sent,
the colour, instead of being uniform as in the others, is varied ; the ground-
colour is pale grey striated with olive ; the basal area and most of the marginal
area beyond outer line are dull green ; the blotcli on inner margin at the end of the
fine outer line is jiale brown, while the cell-spot is rufous and the hiudmarginal
blotches are rnfous brown ; ia the hindwing only the base and the space between
onter and submarginal line are pale, all the rest being tinged with rufous and
olive, the antemediau line and the inner edge of submarginal being ferruginous.
Underside pale pearly grey with all the lines shown distinctly.
1 c?.
Moneta gen. nov.
Forcwiiii) : costa curved at base and shortly before apex, which is bluntly
produced ; Iiindmargin obli(|ue outwards to vein 4 with two deep excisions, and
blunt teeth at apex and veins 6 and 4 ; below 4 obliijne inwards and crenulate.
Hindwing : with well-rounded crenulate hindmargin.
Antennae simple in both sexes ; palpi stout, obliquely porrect upwards, third
segment short ; forehead slightly prominent ; tongue and frenulum present, slight ;
thorax and jiectus hairy ; hindtibiae swollen, with four sjjurs ; abdomen of S
slender, with slight lateral tufts.
Neuration : forewing, cell half as long as wing ; discocellular oblique ; first
median nervule from one-half, second shortly before end ; subcostal vein strongly
beut down at extremity to meet the discocellular; vein 5 from the top of discocellular,
vein fi long-stalked with 7, 8, 9 from the bend, lU, 11 coincident, lU subsequently
anastonjosing shortly with 8, 9, these last two veins separating quite close to
costa : hindwing with costal and subcostal shortly approximated at base ; 3 and 7
before ends nf cell.
Type : Moneta plenicolor sjiec. nov.
-".'-. Moneta plenicolor spec. nov.
Foretciiitj : deeji red-brown, the ground-colour, which only shows through here
and there, being bright red-brown ; costa deep orange, spotted with brown ; first
line obliiinc, from one-sixth of costa to one-third of inner margin, interrupted,
running from subc<istal vein to median, and from snbmedian fold to inner margin,
white, with orange edging ; outer line obliij^ne and straight, from costa close before
( 160)
iipex to three-fourths of ioner maru:in, also interrn])teil, from vein 0 iicavly to 4,
aud between 3 and 2, where visibh', luniilatc-dontatc ; bntli lines slightly toothed
on veins ; an obscure dark cell-s])ot ; fringe brown, ti])i)cd with yellow.
Hindwinq : vinous red, deeper in outer half and black-speckled ; cell-spot
dark ; traces of an obscure Ininilatc-dontate postmedian line; fringe dark, with pale
yellow tips.
Underside paler ; forewing blurred brown, with fuscous speckling ; cell-spot
and sjwts on veins along outer line blackish ; marginal area dull yellowish in
iiround-colour ; ai)ex grey : hindwing deep brown in marginal area and along
inner margin; inner area sprinkled with lilac-grey aud coarsely black-speckled ; a
large black cell-spot ; spots of outer line black.
Head and thorax like forewiug ; abdomen like liindwing ; shoulders aud p;il|ii
tipped with orange ; tarsi rich brown, mottled with orange.
Expanse of wings : 48 mm.
7<?c?,l ?.
223. Nadagara cuneigera spec. nov.
Forcwinq : fawn-grey, in the S sometimes with a reddish tinge, covered with
blackish speckles ; the costal edge slightly darker, aud the subcostal vein pale
whitish ; lines dark brown edged with whitish, the inner inwardly, the outer
outwardly; both start from subcostal vein ; first at about one-third, oblique outwards
to two-fifths of iuuer margin ; outer from three-fourths of costa to fourth-fifths of
inner margin, its white edging diverted along subcostal to a])ex ; a tine subniarginal
white line forming wedge-shaped marks between veins, between 3 and 4 filled in
with dark scales ; fringe fawn-colour ; a black cell-spot.
Bindiring : without basal line ; the outer curved.
Underside whitish grey, speckled with darker ; the lines and cell-spots dark.
Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; face, shoulders, and dorsum darker
I'rey in ?, ferruginous in S ; patagia paler.
Exiianse of wings : 34 mm.
4 (?(?,4 ? ?.
224. Prionia pulchricolor s]iec. nov.
Foreiriiiq : in 3 pearl-grey, in the ? darker, with a reddish brown suffnsion,
and in both sprinkled with black ; basal area darker grey, followed at one-third by
a deep "reen band, which above median is narrow and funnel-shaped, and below it
swells out into an oblong sometimes rounded blotch ; this lower part in some cases
becomes quite jjale green, or yellowish grey ; the band is edged with pale and
sometimes ])receded on costa by a dark spot; cell-spot blackish green ; snbmarginal
line dark "rcy or dark olive, lunulate between the veins, connected with ajiex by
an obliijue streak ; from three-fourths of costa a dark green streak curves outwards
to vein 0, where it is sharply angled, and runs obli(iuely to two-thirds of inner
margin ; tliis outer line is rarely ]ilain ; fringe deep olive, with pale flecks beyond
the veius.
Iliiidwimi: bright rosy in costal half, grey-green belnw median and along
margin beyond the waved snbmarginal line; from end of cell to inner margin a
dark green band, crossed by the ])alc veins.
Underside of forewiug blurred reddish fulvous along inner margin, ociireons
with dark brown striae along costa ; marginal border and outer line filled with
( 161 )
hoary grey, witli a yellow patch between them ; in tlie ? the ochrcons is suffused
with tawny brown : hindwing with base ochreons and outer half tawny brown
with dark striations ; the margin as in forewing ; ? wholly suffused with tawny ;
fringe in both wings dark brown with pale tips.
Face blackish green ; head and thorax dark grey, the vertex paler ; abdomen
pinkish grey, darker towards base ; in ? all the parts are darker, more suffused
with reddish grey ; palpi, pectus, and legs bright fulvous.
Expanse of wings : c? 28 mm. ; ? 32 — 35 mm.
5 c?c?, 4 ? ¥.
TWO NEW AGABISTIDAE.
By KARL JORDAN.
1. Aegocera leighi spec. nov.
<?. Side of palpus and the forecoxa chocolate ; head grey, a dot between antennae
brown, centre of frons and the crest of hairs at eye chocolate ; thora.x chocolate
.above, densely irrorated with grey and pale yellow scales ; abdomen orange above,
with central row of black spots, grey washed with chocolate on underside; tibiae
orange on upperside, fore- and midtibiae with two black dots each ; tarsi black, tips
of segments white ; bases of abdominal side-tufts chocolate beneath.
Wings, upperside. Forewing chocolate, densely irrorated with huffish grey
scales ; an irregular streak on median vein somewhat as in rectiUrica Boisd. (1S36),
irregularly sinuose, creamy white, not ijuite reaching a short costal creamy white
band which extends from lower angle of cell obliipiely to costa ; submarginal
area with an indistinct flexuose creamy line ; a row of minute admarginal chocolate
dots. Hindwing orange ; a small dot on cross-veins and a row of submarginal
spots black, the middle spots of the row minute.
Underside orange, apices of both wings somewhat washed with chocolate ;
forewing with a black dot in cell near apex and another on cross-veins ; hindwing
with a black spot on cross-veins and three or four submarginal spots, which are much
smaller than above, situated from anal angle forwards.
R- of forewing from apex of areole, as iu ^1. rectilinea ; areole longer than in
that species.
Length of forewing : 15 mm.
Ilab. Durban, Natal, October 1904 (G. F. Leigh) ; three specimens.
2. Argyrolepidia pamphila ombiranus.
?. y^'mgs, upperside ; blue tcaling reduced to a few dots on forewing and a
minute spot in centre of hindwing. Forewing white, cell-spot minute ; white
discal band very much broader than in p. pamphila, widening behind, stopping short
at M", measuring 3 mm. in width at M^
Underside: blue scaling also reduced, but not so much as above; central sjJot
of hindwing isolated.
Ilab. Ubi, Moluccas (J. WaterstradtJ ; one ?.
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ON A NEW PARASITIC TINEID MOTH EROM QUEENS-
LAND, DISCOVERED BY P. F. DODD.
By the HON. WALTEIt ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D.
QIINCE Westwood* pnblisLcJ au account of a Chiuese moth of which the laivu
K--^ is parasitic oa Fahjoridae, several lustauces of such parasitism have been
recorded from ( 'entral America, New Mexico, India, and Jajian. So far no snch
jiarasitic larvae have been ibnnd in Al'rica, but it is highly iirobable that they occur
all through the tropical and subtropical countries. Some years ago Mr. P. F. Dodd,
wlio has added so much to our knowledge of the early stages of Qneenslandian
Le]]ido]itera, discovered also a jiarasitc of this kind in tjueeusland. He has sent
us an interesting account of this discovery, which we a])])end here in full. Tlie
insect is closely allied to that figured by Westwood, but ({uite distinct. Dyarf
places these moths among the Tiueids, and we perfectly agree with what he says.
Epipyrops doddi spec. nov.
(??. Legs and shaft of antenna luteous. Wings olive above, the scales of
the forcwing partly silver grey, especially on disc ; no distinct markings ; underside
drab-ljrown.
Ncuratiou : nine veins from cell of forewing, 4* of Westwood's figure being
absent and i^ very weak near cell ; cell of hindwing mnch narrower than in
Westwood's figure, without inner spur {x of Westwood's figure), only five veins
from cell, b- of Westwood's figure being absent, upper cross-vein straight, obliijue.
Length of forewing : 4 to 0 mm.
The mandible of the larva is bifid, as in Westwood's figure ; but the second
lobe is more hook-shaped than in that figure, being w-idest in centre. The abdominal
legs have a complete ring of hooks, the anterior hooks of each ring being much
smaller than the posterior ones ; the anal leg has a posteriorly ojien half-ring of
large hooks, instead of a complete ring.
Mr. Dodd found this insect on several species of Falyoridac, since identified by
Mr. AV. L. Distant as Dictijophora prac.f errata Dist., Olonia s])ec., and a species of
the subfamily Flatinae.
Mr. Dodd's observations on the parasite arc as follows : —
"Upon June 15th, 1903, I received my copy of the EutomologUt for May, and
was very jdeased to read Mr. Kirkaldy's instructive 'Current Notes' therein. Those
in connection with parasite moths were of absorbing interest to me, for 1 have
been observing a carnivorous caterpillar here, breeding out the moth for some
time, and hoped I had a great surprise in store for entomologists. I have had
my account of its history, so far as 1 knew it in June, almost ready for some weeks,
but had delayed its completion and desjiatch until I could obtain the necessary
larvae upon pupae of the Ftdyoridae, so as to give fuller particulars concerning
the development of the white coating, for I had not been satisfied with my
observations upon those on the winged insects, owing to the great difficulty in
obtaining even a temporary view of a larva before its larger growth. Whilst it
is small it is not easily examined, as it is i)artly hidden, and the hosts object to
» Traim. Eiit. Soc. Land., p. 519. t. 7 (187G>. f Proo. EiU. Sw. Washiwjt. v. p. 13 (1902).
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close senitiii)', becomiug restless and ofteu wiudiuy iiji with an aggravating- hop
when least desired. However, I have since obtained the renuisite specimens, and
have ascertained mnch that I wished to know.
" My larvae are certainly parasitic. I have kept them with tlieir hosts for
several weeks, and, though 1 have had many, I have never detected the slightest
movement in any of them. A web is spun upon their hosts to cling to, and there
they remain motionless once they commence to develop the white covering. The
very young larvae are usually very close up to the thorax, and may sometimes
lie across the al)domeu ; but, as they become larger, and require more space,
change their position and lie parallel to it, the head being directed towards the
end. The body presses closely down upon the host, and the head is drawn in
very much, generally resting upon the edge of a segment. As a larva grows, the
wings of the homopteron are forced outwards and upwards a little. The abdomens
of many of the parasitised ' hoppers ' are usually much siirunken or depressed where
the larvae adhere. The snouted Fulgorid produces fine large caterpillars, and it
will be noticed that it possesses very little indeed of the waxy substance. The
pupae, as well as the imagos, of the black and the green species carry the
caterpillars, yet the former has little or no ' wax ' at the pupal stage ; therefore
it cannot for a moment be conceived that there is anything else than the juices
of the Fulgoriilac for the caterjiillars to live upon.
" The moths, like various carnivorous species with which I am acquainted, soon
become greasy.
" I may mention that 1 had not the faintest idea that the species of moths
referred to by Mr. Kirkalily were known to exist, nor had I ever seen or heiird
of the Japanese publication, the Insect World.
" Some four years ago, during a visit to Mr. H. Tryon, our State Entomologist,
in Brisbane, he drew my attention to a small white cocoon, which he had found
attached to a twig in his garden, and which he aptly compared to a rosette.
The moth tlierefrom also was shown to me. 1 had not seen the species before,
nor, I believe, had Mr. Tryon. Not long afterwards I came to Towusville, some
800 miles north of Brisbane, and, during my entomological wanderings here,
have found similar cocoons at intervals, and obtained moths therefrom. The
cocoous usually were upon narrow blades of grass, but I did not search for the
larvae, considering any attempt to find them as utterly hoi)eless. However, during
April this year, I found several of the cocoous upon grass, under some shrubs,
and having during the previous year (1902) discovered that a caterpillar, which
constructs a somewhat similar cocoon, and passes the earlier part of its existence
upon certain homopterous insects (adhering to them and much resembling small
bloated ticks, and undoubtedly imbibing their juices), I at once commenced a
careful search amongst the several species of Homojitera in the vicinity. Ere
long I noticed a small whitish Fnlgorid, with wings somewhat apart, and looking
decidedly uncomfortable ; upon boxing this I found, to my extreme gratification,
that there was attached to it a stout, oval, and almost snow-white lepidopterous
larva, which I felt confident was the insect I was seeking for. Soon after several
more of these 'frog-hoppers,' each with a larva attached, were taken, tlio larva
being under the wings and a little upon the side of the abdomen. The caterpillar
upon the first hopper crawled off' that night, and next morning proceeded to
construct its charming little cocoon. The moth emerged early in the afternoon
thirteen days later.
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" Many hours were spent during the ensuing tew weeks iu searching for these
strange calerpiihvrs, wliicli were also t'onnJ uiioii tliree other species of Fuli/orifhe ;
some more cocoons, too, were discovered, but throe-fourths of tliese, and of otiiers
collected later, produced small jumping ichneumons, six, eight, or eveu twelve
emerging from a cocoon, according to its size. Presumabl}' the larvae are stung
after leaving their hosts— in all probabilit_v whilst sjiinning, for none of those that I
have taken from time to time proved to be victimised ; maybe tiiey are safe under
the wings of the hoppers, though, as they ajiproach maturity, they cause sjome
displacement of the wings, and though easily seeu may present no weak point
to be attacked.
"The larvae are not rare, but there are only special localities where I ol)tain
them ; small shrubs where ants abound are j)roduclive, the hoppers often being
numerous in such places, even where the green Oecopliylla ants are. The auts do
not fraternise with these Ftdgoridae, like they do with so many species of Jassidue,
Fgi/Uidae, etc. ; but they do not molest them, and pass by in scores without seeming
to notice their presence. I have seen the green ants traversing branches where
there were no less than three species oi Fahjoridae dotted along them.
" I have never found two larvae of the same size upon a hoi)per, but not
infrequently have noticed two of difl'ereut sizes, the second, in every case, being very
much smaller than the other, and upon the ojijiosite side. With but few excei)tious,
all the larvae I have seen were upon winged insects, the exceptions, as alreiuly
stated, being ujmu pupae of the green and the black sjiecies only. I have kept
these for many days, supplying succulent shoots regularly to the hosts, until the
larvae changed to white, and finally departed to spin. UiKin another page I give
particulars of several larvae which I obtained some time ago, two of them when
they were exceedingly small, and which I was enabled to carefully observe for
many days ; the hosts are still alive, one with a second caterjiillar upon it, but,
as the larger portion of my material was despatched five weeks ago, I cannot
delay my notes any longer, or would give fuller particulars concerning these.
{}\ote. — I kept my notes back for seven weeks, by which time two of the hosts
had died, the third dying several days after despatch of notes.)
" A full-grown caterpillar is in reality a very small creature, with a thick,
eveu coating of a waxy-white and light-as-down substance covering the dorsal
surface, the sides, and extending well underneath ; it is so thick that the cater-
pillar ajipears to be double its real size. This coating parts slightly at the segments
when the insect is in motion or curled up, — wheu parted from tiie host, if touched or
alarmed, it curls up almost into a ball, and can easily roll from whatever it may be
upon, and generally dangles by a thread, and thus suspended bears a strong resem-
blance to a round hanging egg-bag of a spider. The head and adjoining segment
are (Mily slightly covered with this white matter, liut are drawn closely to the
thickly clothed segments, leaving the face alone visible ; wheu the insect is extended
the head can be seen.
" I have collected larvK of various sizes, some being exceedingly small,
evidently not long from the egg, and, owing to their colour, scarcely discernible, the
lens revealing their presence. Very young specimens arc much the colour of orange
pulp. In about ten days this gradually alters to didl purplish red, after which
it daily becomes paler until almost colourless; then the skin slowly assumes a
whitish hue, as if caused liy a thin deposit, and becomes somewhat distended,
and the head is raised a little ; it is now perceived that a moult is about to take
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place. As the skin whitens, and nbont the second, or eaidy on the third day, it bursts
underneath, but is not thrown off for some time, the period depending greatly
upon the host, which, if lively and inclined to hop, or open and close its wings
freely, may loosen it and cause it to iall after the third or fourth day, but it,
may remain attached to the larva's back for a week. As the old skin bursts, and is
forced outwards and upwards, only a portion of the new one can at first be seen,
but that which is exposed is perfectly naked, and the colour is temporarily darker;
the whole new sMu is at this time hare, for I have lifted the old one to make
sure, and, as the old one comes away at the sides, in the course of a few hours
the gradual whitening process is repeated, this time, however, developing into
the unique and dense coating. It is impossible to ascertain how long this is in
forming, once it becomes quite white, but it evidently takes several days, for by
then the larva appears to have doubled its size. During this development the
old skin is slowly pushed and folded up along the sides, bnt it retains its shape
above, and comes away when the new covering admits of its being dispensed with.
This extraordinary growth is doubtless intended for various protective purposes,
several of which I may suggest, as follows : as the naked larva, secure under
the ample and close-fittiug wings of the host, increases in growth, it would
probably open the protecting wings a little, and thus be rendered liable to the
attentions of ichneumons, so though the waxy growth opens the wings, in some
cases considerably, before they are actually apart, the coating has become suffici-
ently dense to eft'ectually shield the larva from those insects ; being a soft little
thing, it may require some protection from the wing pressure, which the covering
aftbrds ; further, it keeps the larva dry in all weathers, assists to whiten the
cocoon and render it waterproof, and gives it, when parted from the host, the
appearance when moving of a mealy bag, or when still of a waxy scale. Upon
removing and examining some of this waxy coating it is found to compare with
that borne by various species of Ftilyoridae, and with which several of them
cover their ova deposits; if touched with a pointed instrument it comes away in
little tufts ; these viewed tlirough a lens prove to be comjiosed of numbers of
delicately thin, short, and glistening white hairs, which, rubbed between tlie
fingers, leave the merest trace of white — are almost rubbed out of existence.
" A blade of grass, a thin twig, or a leaf, may be selected to spin the cocoon
upon ; the larva could drop there by a thread ; however, the overloaded host is
often in the grass, — perhaps tumbles there in essaying a leap. So the larva spins
upon whatever it may drop or crawl on to. It is very sluggish, and not meant
for much wandering, a distance of several inches being the usual extent of its
journeys ; it often remains for hours in the one spot. Many times I have dis-
turbed a larva when in the act of spinning, causing it to cease instantly, work
in some cases not being resumed for a few (up to fifteen) hours ; only lately a
large larva which, through being shaken, ceased spinning late one afternoon, when
the sides and ends only of the cocoon were finished, did uot resume operations
until 11 a.m. next day ; these long stoppages have invariably included all the
hours of night.
" The cocoon is a pretty and neat little object, which requires the powerful
glasses, and the pen, of the advanced entomologist to view and describe it and
its construction in a satisfactory manner ; however, I shall attempt the task. It
may pass equally well for a waxy scale, a mealy bug, or a little flower ; j)erhaps
it is best compared to a flower, for the ornamentation certainly suggests one,
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with two petals exjiaiidpil and several others partly o])ene(l ; these (litTer in number,
the totiil varying t'roni four to six. After ]irepariny the fonndation of the cocoon
the caterpillar quickly builds up the sides ; after these one end, or the first " petal "
is spun, then, turning about, it spins another, thus forming the other end.
Commencing abont half way down one of these, a portion of the top of the cocoon
is added, the web being continued on and outwards to form the third "petal."
Finally, there are generally five of these, the centre two being as if abont to
open. This ornamental work ends in the centre, the last two jietals, which are
somewhat curled, being drawn tugether and fastened. The spinning of the " flower,"
after completion of the foundation, takes some ninety or a hundred minutes, rather
longer by the larger larvae, but there are several stopjiages, for the insect in
its various turnings pays much attention to the bottom and ends of the structure.
80 far this web is composed of row after row of loops, or rings ; each row runs
very evenly, and is spun under the preceding one, and joined to it all along about or
a little below the centre, so that a row scarcely jirojects luilf its height beyond the
one spun before. When a row of loops is finished the next is commenced where
that ended, — the work going on alternately from side to side. The web is formed at
a rapid rate, 95 to 115 loops being spnn per minute by small larvae, a lesser
number liy larger. When sjiinning, the actions of the larvae are so peculiar that
they cannot fail to attract attention, for the head, in moving up and down, is
tliriiwn much farther back, and thrust much more underneath, than apparently
necessary ; but it is soon ascertained tliat these extended movements are made
with a s])ecial object, and that is to give a partial coating of the waxy substance
to the web, for it will be seen that the head is supjjlied with short hairs, and as
it is thrown Ijack they touch the wax — already becoming slightly loosened, and
in wooll3'-looking tnfts, owing to the insect's various twistings and turnings, —
and little masses are caught upon them, which gradually transfer the substance
to the loops Ijy being purposely and regularly brought into contact with them as
the head moves up and down. A little of the stuff, here and there, also becomes
dislodged, and adheres to the fabric wherever it tonches. By the time the " flower "
is corai)leted the waxy matter has disappeared from the first thickly clothed
segment, and often quite from the next, as well as small portions from the sides.
The whole of the balance is then worked into the threads of the cocoon proper
nnderneath ; not a particle seems to be left upon the larva when the spinning is
completed. When the "flower" is finished the larva can be seen but indistinctly,
therefore its actions cannot be followed, but the restricted space would scarcely
admit of the head work referred to, so the waxy matter must be rublied or pressed
between the threads as the cocoon progresses.
" Hliould a cocoon be knocked sharply, or torn asunder, little clouds of white
jiowder fly oft', or a cocoon will leave patches of white upon anything with which it
comes in contact. The ichneumons all issue from the one hole, and the earlier
ones to emerge are finely powdered.
"It will be noted that the cocoon has a wide "frog-mouthed" slit, and
that the pupa shell protrudes therefrom. The mouth is forced open by the
pupa, but closes down njion the end segments, holding them securely enough to
enable the moth to burst the shell and escape. Several other species, including
the one referred to in these pages, which I have bred, but which, however,
are ant associates, form these " frog-mouthed " cocoons, and the moths emerge in
a similar manner.
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" The moths emerged from thirteen to eighteen daj's from the time they
commenced to spin, appearing abont midda}'. They expand from 5 mm. in c? c? np
to 14 mm. in the hirger ? ? . Those from tlie white Fnlgorid are smaller than
exam])les from the others.
" It is most difficnlt to canse the larvae, or the little white waxy Falqoridao, to
adhere to eard, but by rubbing the thin deposit from the latter they can be fastened
down on their backs, with wings spread to show the attached larvae. The larvae with
their hosts will not sink in formalin solution ; owing to the lightness of the " wax,"
and to its being imjiervions to moisture, they float like corks, so can only be thrust
under and held there : a piece of wadding pushed down upon them in the tubes
keeps them immersed."
" The caterpillars do not appear to cause the death of their hosts (or, if so,
not for some weeks), which, when free from them, become as lively and healthy-
looking as ever ; then does not the presence of the second caterpillars on some
specimens help to bear this out ? Many times, when a matured larva has departed
to spin, I have found a much smaller one, of whose presence I had not been aware ;
but there is another parasite, an external ichneumon, which exists upon the lilaek
Fulgorid and several larger species (there are usually three to five, each eni'losed
in a thin dark shell), and when they break through their shells and drop off the
host dies. I have actually had one of these parasites upon a Fulgorid carrying
a fair-sized moth larva, but mislaid it or inadvertently sent it away. {Note. — These
ichneumons remained in pupae about four months; one is now sent with other
specimens — July 1905.)
" I have yet to learn where the eggs* of the moths are deposited. If adjacent
to spots where hoppers may then be, the newly hatched larvae would frequently
have to wander for some distance to find them, for they would scarcely remain
stationary for days ; besides, the larvae are too soft and sluggish to be fitted for
much wandering, so I believe that it will eventually be ascertained that the eggs arc
deposited, singly only, upon the hoppers ; however, the snouted and black species
average many more larvae in proiiortion to their numbers than the white, and abont
as many as the green, moreover they are not such stationary insects as the last
two. The white species is extremely common, the green and the black mach less
so, and the snouted one is comparatively quite rare. The last I meet with njion
two kinds of small trees only, seldom more than three or four upon a tree, and
usually far apart, yet it is the most productive species for caterpillars. Again,
there is a fifth Fulgorid, which is common, and often in company with the white and
green insects, yet I have never found a larva upon this one ; so, if the young things
have to search for their friends, it seems strange that this species shoulil escape,
lor it is rather a stationary one. Again, out of six snouted insects on one tree,
four were taken possession of by fine large caterpillars ; and another tree, whereon
were green hoppers, also furnished a number of large sj)ecimens, all of these two
lots being very even in size. If the eggs are deposited on leaves (ir twigs, of
course by various moths and at different periods, why is it that several larvae
of different sizes are not often met with on the same host? or how can the tiny
larvae distinguish between the suitable and unsuitable specimens of species of
Fidgovidac'i one never carrying larvae, and, of the four favoured species, only
* Ihe egg is about twice as long as wide, ovate, being narrowest at the micropyle end, wiilest at
the opposite pnlc ; apart from the circular groove at tlie micropyle pole, the egg is smooth but not
polished.
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tbe pnpae of two also being burdened with them. Pupae oi' tlie white insect are
evidently too small and rounded to be patronised, and though the pupae of the
snouted insect are rather too rare to admit of a decided ojnnion being formed,
they wonld not, 1 think, make suitable hosts. I liave examined likely foliage and
twigs, and also many of the hoppers, without finding eggs; those sent were from
my boxes. In support of my belief I may add that the caterpillars of the other
parasitical lepidopterou, referred to several times, are found promiscuously on larvae,
pupae, and images, all being likely to carry several of dilferont sizes, some of the
imagos having as many us six or even eight atlixed to them ; but the moths lay
their eggs on the trees where the hosts abound, and the little caterpillars are
active, and often travel considerable distances to find their friends. These cater-
pillars have two stages, the first being passed on Homoptera in the open air, the
second being passed in ants' nests underground, where they live, still by suction,
upon tlie ant larvae.
" I now give particulars of three Fulgoridae, with attached larvae, which I
kept in glass jars for several weeks for the jiurpose of close investigation. Though
I often changed the jars, to ensure pure air for hosts and parasites, and snpjilied
succulent shoots regularly for the former, the long imjjrisoument evidently atfected
the caterpillars, and doubtless somewhat shortened the lives of the hosts. It will
be observed that the caterpillars abandoned the hoppers within a week of their
final moult, bnt many quite white examples, which were taken in the bush, have
not left to spin until ten or even twelve days after their capture.
"No. 1. PUPA OF GREEN FULGORID.*
1903.
July 12. Taken with large white caterpillar.
,, 15. ('ateri)illar left and spun cocoon.
Aug. 8. Host died.
" No. 2. ALSO PUPA OF GREEN FULGORID.*
July 8. Taken with reddish larva. Perhaps age about 12 to 14 days.
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„ 12. V^ery much paler.
„ 13. Skin whitish and distended.
„ 14. ,, „ „ very much distended.
„ „ 3 j).m. Skin split underneath, partly exposing naked new one.
„ 15. 9 a.m. Skin opened a little more, naked parts whitening.
„ 1(5. „ Skin further opened and rising. Exposed parts of new one well
whitened.
„ 17. ,, Skin adhering only at terminal segments. New one; very white.
„ 19. Larva dropj)ed by a thread and spun cocoon.
Aug. K). Host still alive.
„ 12. „ sickly.] Pa]ier was desj)atched on Itith instant, these particnlai.^
J) 13. ,, died. J being sent on afterwards.
* Belonging to the subtamily Flatinae,
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"No. 3. SNOUTED Oil CLEAR-WINGED FULGORID IMAGO.*
July 8. Taken with pale reddish larva near thorax. Estimated age 13 or 14 days.
Lying lengthways.
Paler. Curled against thorax.
Larva again lengthways, nearer extremity of host's alidomen.
9 a.m. Head raised ; moulting.
Skin whitening and distended. A small object, which I could scarcely
discern for several days, now proves to be a caterpillar.
Head lowered, skin burst ; a little of new one showing.
Old skin rising. Exposed parts of new one whitening. 2 p.m., skin oil".
Very white.
Abandoned host and commenced to sjiin.
Small larva noticed on 14th instant now darkening; it cast a skin five
days ago, which lies under the wings and is not obtainable.
Preparing to moult.
Skin cast.
Moulting again.
Skin cracked underneath and raised from head. Host died, and witli
larva preserved in formalin.
" The pupae possessed a good deal of the waxy matter during and after the
presence of the caterpillars, and one twice put forth two white wavy and delicate
tails, which in time fell away and adhered in fragments to the leaves in the jars.
" I omitted to mention that I had never seeu frasx of the caterpillars, but in all
probability the discharges are liquid, and would at once roll off the waxy bodies of
the hosts. The other parasitical caterpillar, to which I have referred more than
once, emits only li(juid matter." — Frederick P. Dodd.
* ZHctyophora praeferrata Dist .
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NOTES ON THE SIPIIONAPTEBA FROM THE ARGENTINE
DESCRIBED BY THE LATE PROFESSOR DR. WEYENBERGH.
By K. JOEDAN, Ph.D., and the HON. N. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD, M.A.,
F.L.S., F.E.S.
TTTEYENBERGH iu 1881 * described seven species of fleas. Thongt ever}-
VV name is ennmerateil in the Zooloi/ical Record (of the Zoological Society
of London), they have all been overlooked by subseqnent authors. The descriptions
in qnestion do not give those characters which are essential for the recognition
of species, the absence of all figures being, moreover, a great disadvantage in this
publication. We have, therefore, abstained in former papers from trying to identify
any of Weyenbergh's species with those we have from South America.
Professor Dr. Doeriiig, of the University of Cordoba, Argentina, has most
kindly sent us a set of cotypes of all the species described by Weyenbergh, and
we take this opportunity of reiterating our thanks to him. The specimens were
glued on cardboard, as was formerly the custom. In order to examine them
carefully we had them mounted in balsam. Some of Weyeubergh's names, as
we expected, refer to species described later by other authors, while some others
apply to species already described before Weyenbergh, one other again designating
a species which has not been rediscovered.
In the present pajier we discus-s in detail all the following species described
by Weyenbergh as new in the paper mentioned and in a i)revious one:t
Pulex yrossitentris, Pulcx nasuae,
Ceratophijllus i-ufulus, „ obscurus,
„ isidori, „ concoloHs,
Pulex {IIectopsijlla?)testudo, „ caricohi.
Family SARCOPSYLUDAE.
The family comprises three genera : Dertmtophilus Guer. (= Sarcopsylla
Westw.) ; Ecltidnophriga Olliff (= Aiyopsylld Enderl. = Xe.stopfi>jU(( Caker), and
Ilectopsijlln Frauenf. (= JUii/ncIiopsi/llux Haller).
Karsten (1804)emjiloyed the name Rhi/nclioprion Oken instead of Dennntophiltts
(= Sarcopsijlla) for the dhigoe, and Baker followed suit iu 1904 and 1005, calling
the family Jibjnchopnonidae. We remark (1) that Phynchoprion Oken is
])rcoccnpied by Rb/nclioprion Herm. |), and (2) that Rhi/iicho/iricw Oken was
not a term proposed for the Cliigoe, but for mites— the Chigoe, which Oken knew
only from figures and descriptions, being provisionally put into the same genus,
not as Rhynchoprion penetrans, but as Pulex penetrans. Wliatevcr rules of
nomenclature one adheres to, Rliijnclmprion cannot possibly be retained for Linn6's
Pulex penetrans. Baker calls Rhynchoprion " the older and only correct name " ;
but did he compare Oken, Natury. iii. p. 402 (1815) ?
• Periodwp Zoolojicit iii. pp. iifil-"" (1S81),
t Vol. Ao. Nat. Cicnc. Argent, iii. p. 188 (1879).
j 1804. Ucmoirc apteroloi/iqw. The name is proposed tor ccrtnin raitcs.
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Onr SdirojJSijllidae comprise Baker's THii/nchoprionidac and Ilectopsyllidae,
Baker's family distinctions being erroneous, as we have pointed out in a paper
on the Sarcopsijllidae now in press. Wcyenbergh described one species of this
family as Pulex {Ilectops>jlla /) testudo. The species is the same as Fraueufeld'a
psittaci.
1. Hectopsylla psittaci.
IlectopsyJJa psiitaci Frauenfeld, SHz.-Ber. K. Ah. Wiss., Math. Natiivw. Clause xl. p. 462 (1860).
Pulex {[levtnpsijVa ?) testudo Weyenbergli, Feridd. Zool. iii. p. 2G7 (1881).
RhynehopsyUa pulex, Taschenberg, Die Flohe p. 56. t. 1. fig. G. 6a. 7 (1880) (partim ; II. psittaci =
It. pulex, mistake).
The species is easily recognised by the non-angnlate head, the comparatively
short maxillae, which are somewhat curved forward, and by the legs. The fifth seg-
ment of the fore- and midtarsi bears on each side seven or eight spines, the number
being on the hindtarsns sometimes reduced to six. The two specimens of testudo
which we received differ from other specimens in the first hindtarsal segment
bearing on the hinder side a pair of bristles beyond the middle, these bristles
being, however, absent from one hindtarsus in one of the two specimens. As the
individuals which Frauenfeld described as psHtacA have no hindtarsi preserved, it
is not possible to say if typical psittaci possess those bristles or not. There are
perhaps two geographical races, one inhabiting Chili and Northern Argentina
{psittaci = testudo) and the other found in Brazil. However, the material we
have is not sufficient to decide the question.
The insect described by Haller as Rhijnchopsyllits ptclex, though belonging to
the genns Ilcctopsylla, is very different from psittaci.
IF. psittaci has been found on American birds {e.g., Psittacus ; Sfrix perlata).
In the aviary of the Zoological Gardens in London the species has been found on
Shama and Dhyal birds, the insect doubtless having been introduced with some
American bird.
Family PULICWAE.
Genus MALACOPSYLLA.
M(iUi<;,j,siilhi Weycnbergh, ririuilim Zonl. iii. p. 271 (1881) (type : grossiventris).
Miijiipyslh, Baker, .Jnurn. N. York Eiit. Sue. vi. p. 53 (1895) (type : f/rossivciUHs + ar/eiioris).
The genus was proposed by Weyenbergli for Pulex grossirentris Weyenbergh.
This species has not been recognised witli certainty by any of the authors who
have written on the genns MalacopSjiUa. We have a male &nA tfio females ixora
Weyenbergh's collection, and j ossess also types or cotypes of all the other species
hitherto described, and are therefore able to revise the genus. We propose giving
a short review of what has been written about this genus after Weyenbergh's
publications. The first author who had an opportunity of examining specimens of
Malaco},.v/ll<i was Baker (1808). Not being aware that there was a valid generic
name fur these peculiar Siphonaptera, Baker created the generic title Mcgapstjlla
for the same, basing his description on what he called Pulex grossiccnti-is Weyenb.
This grossiventris of Baker, however, consisted of two species, one with a thoracic
comb and one without such a comb. Baker erroneously believed this difference to
be sexual, his female having a comb and his male being without it. We pointed
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ont this mistake ia 10O4, describing a comb-bearing species as Malacop.v/l/a
agenoris iind a combless species as anilrodi, adding that these species were
presnmablN' tlie same as Bakei''s. We had some donbts about androcli being
distinct from Weyenbergli's qromtcntrh ; bnt as we conid not be certain from
tlie description whetlier onr insect agreed with grossirentris or not, we thought
it wiser to consider it new rather than to describe it as grosxivciitris, and thns
perhaps render the synonymy of the latter more involved. On now comjiariug
Weyenbergh's specimens with ours, we find that there is no difference whatever
between grossivcntris and aiidrocU.
The year before we {)ublished the descriptions of M. agenoris and androcli
{= yrossiventriis) another MalacopsijUa had been described by Wahlgren as
Megapyslla incrmia. ^\'e have a ])air of this inermis, cotypes, received from
the Stockholm Musenm. Though the author described the head of inermis as
not being armed with a frontal tubercle, we find that the tubercle is present.
We fail to detect any differences between inermis and grossirentris (= androcli).
In a recent paper on American SipLonaptera, Baker enters into the question
of the specific distinctness of agenoris, grossirentris, inermis, and androcli. He
agrees with us that the comb-bearing agenoris stands quite apart, but we do not
understand his statement that what he originally called the male of gro.ssircniris
"turns out to be agenoris"; for in 1898, and again in 1904, it was said to be
the female which had a prothoracic comb. We gather from the remark " a projier
male was found for \\^it female previously called gros.'iiventris'" that the material
referred to as grossivcntris by Baker in 1808 and 1904 consisted of both sexes
of two species. The non-combed species Baker accepts in 1905 to be the true
grossivcntris. The assumption appears to be correct according to Weyenbergh's
specimens before us. He is further right in considering inermis Wahlgren to
be identical with grossirentris. Bnt Baker is in error when treating androcli as
distinct from grossirentris. His opinion is based on two points : the rostrum of
androcli is said by us to reach almost to the apex of the forecoxa, which is not
the case in gro.ssivcntris. Now, we were misled to make that statement by a
mounted /ewff/c in which the labial palpi reacli, in consequence of pressure, beyond
the apical third of the forecoxa. The rostrum of androcli is not longer than that
ot g?-ossiventris. The second distinguishing character on which Baker relies refers
to the genitalia. The finger of grossirentris is said by Baker to be obliquely
truncate, while that of androcli, according to our fignre, " evenly narrows to a
rounded tip," Baker adding that the figure given by AVahlgren exactly " represents
this condition of grossirentris.'" Our figure and
that of Wahlgren are indeed very different, but
the finger in tlie specimens of inermis, androcli,
and grossivcntris is nevertheless the same. We
find our fignre quite correct, except that the finger
is a trifle too long. Wahlgren and Baker did not
see the jjroper outline of the finger. What they
considered to be the ventral outline of the finger
does not belong to the finger. We give here
a diagram taken from a eotyj)e of inermis. Apart from some detail not shown
in our previous figure, it will be observed on comparison that there is no
difference.
In June 19uu a fifth specific name for a MalucojjS>/lla was published by
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Enderlein for a species supposed to be diiFerent from ffrossifentris (and anJrocU).
The figures accompanyiug the description of tliis M. (ohjpeutii are very good,
although there are some errors in the details — as, for instance, the wrong jrosition
of the dorsal bristles of the hindtibia in the c?, the cylindrical shape of the second
and third foretarsal segments, the absence in the J of a line of separation between
the eighth abdominal tergite and sternite, the number of bristles in the i)ronotum,
etc. The finger is drawn essentially as in our figure (of 1904), but the ventral line
is a little too straight, and hence the ventral distal angle rather too pronounced.
This tolypeutis is again the same as grosskentris. By the description of tolypeutis
our attention has been drawn to an inaccuracy in our figure of the fifth tarsal
segment of grossirentris (= androcli). We described the segment as bearing on
the dilated apical portion a bristle, a spine, and a subajiical bristle ; instead of this
spine there is in the figure a slender bristle. We regret not having noticed the
mistake when correcting the plate.
The result of our comparison of types and cotypes of all the Malacopxi/lla
described is that so far only two species are known to exist : one with a lu-onotal
comb — agcnoris, and one without — grossiventn's ; the synonymy of grotisucntris
being as follows : —
2. Malacopsylla grossiventris.
Pukx grossireiili-h Weyenbergh, Bui. Ac. Nal. Cienc. Avr/ent. iii. p. 188 (1870) ; TascUuub., Die
FlOhe p. 101 (1880).
Mulacopni/lla groxsivenliis Weyenbergh, Periud. Zool. iii. p. 271 (1881) ; Rotbsch., Nov. ZooL xi.
p. go;! (1904) ; Baker, Prw. U. S. Nat. .Uus. xxix. p. 120 (1905).
Sarcoj>s>/lla grossiveiitris, Baker, Can. Eid. xxvii. p. 21 (1895) (partim).
MegnpsijUa fjrosahentns, id., Jount. N. York Eiit. Sac. vi. p. 53 (1898) (partim) ; id., Proc. U.S.
Nat. Mils, xxvii. p. 370 (1904) (partim).
.Mcrjapsijlla iiiermis Wahlgren, Arkiv Zool. i. p. 194. t. 9. fig. 11-15 (1903).
Mulacojisylla androcli Rothschild, Nov. Zool. xi, p. Ii04. no. 2. t. vii. fig. 10, t. viii. fig. II. 12. 14. 15
(1904) ; Baker, Proc. U.S. Nal. JIu.s. xxix. p. 125 (1905).
Malacopsylla tolypeutis ^niex\e,in, Zool. Am. p. I.'i9. fig. 1-6 (1905).
The s]K'cies has been found in Argentina and Brazil on Dasgpus sexcinctas,
cotiurus, and on Canis griseus.
Genus RHOPALOPSYLLUS.
Iihopalop.-<i/Ui,:i Baker, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. .xxix. p. 128 (1905) (type : lulzi).
The genus is characterised by Baker as follows : —
" Head without ctenidia, broadly rounded above and in front. Labial palpus
four-jointed. Prouotum without ctenidial spines. Legs stout and thick-set ;
Lindco.xa on innerside without a comb of minute teeth. Female with one aute-
pygidial bristle on either side."
This definition covers a great many Old and New World Pulicidae which are
by no means nearly related to one another. We think a classification of such a
difficult group of insects as the Pulicids should be based on the examination of the
greater jiroportiou of the species so far known, not on a portion of the American
Siphouaptera only, as is practically the case in Dr. Baker's pa])er. However,
no harm is done by the creation of a number of generic terms as long as
tiicy are accomjianied by some kind of definition and the indication ■ of the typo
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si)ecies. At onr present state of knowledge of tlie existing forms of Sii)hona]itora
any detailed classification of the fleas mnst be prcmatnre. Wc know only such a
small {lercentage of the species actually in existence that to try to divide the Order
into a series of families and subfamilies must sooner or later prove itself to be but
an abortive attempt.
Dr. Baker, however, in differentiating his JUiOjjalopsyllas from Euderlein's
Parapsi/llus, does so only by the number of the segments of the labial palpus. Wo
are, in fact, presented with a puzzle, botli nomenclatorially and morphologically.
Rhopalopsi/llm is said to be characterised by a "four-jointed" labial palpus, and
Parripxi/H/is by a five-jointed one. Now, the type of lUiajjalopsi/Uatt, namely lutzi)
is described by l?aker as having ap])areutly a six-jointed labial palpus ! Therefore
the position is this : (1) The American Pulex are certainly generically different from
in-itans : (2) The character by which Rhopalojisi/llns is said to be distinguished
from the nomenclatorially older genus ['arapsi/llus does not exist in the species
specified as ty])e.
The confusion has further been intensified by treating, as Baker tloes, all
American Pulex without genal and thoracical combs as having a " fonr-joiuted "
labial palpns, regardless of the descriptions. Now, of the nine species enumerated
liy Raker under Kliopalop»i/Ui(s only one single one has a four-jointed labial palpus.
In our descriptions of coajti, australis, etc., it has been expressly stated that the
labial palpus consists of five segments. We did not mention the rostrum of
cleophofitis in our description. We now add that the labial palpus of this species
has six segments, the uuderlip itself being very short. In one of the specimens the
fourth segment is further divided on the hinder side only, indicating tliat there
may exist specimens of cleophontis with seven segments in the labial palpus.
As we do not know Baker's lutxi, we are not in a position to give a rectified
diagnosis of Baker's Rhopalopsijllus, We also abstain from proposing a new
generic term for any of the eight American Pulex we have before us. The erection of
new genera in this order of insects should be limited as far as possible ; at any rate,
the characterisation of new genera should not be attempted without comparison of
the various allied species from difterent faunistic regions. In this regard we are
in perfect agreement with what Dr. Baker says on p. 123 of his recent paper.*
Weyenbergh described one species of the group of Pulicidae under discussion.
AVe have twofcmales of this Pulex cacicoln, which, on examination, prove to belong to
the species which wc have described in 1904 as Pulex concitus from [.wo females
obtained at Sucre, in Bolivia, the synonymy being as follows :
3. Pulex cavicola.
Pulex cuvicola Weycnborgli, Period. Zmil. iii. p. 274 (1881).
Pulej; condtus Kothschild, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 615. n. 10. t. 10. fig. 38. 40 (1904).
Weyenbergh's specimens were obtained off Cadia leucopijya Bl., while ours
were found on Ilerodon boliviensis. We take the ojjportuuity of supplementing and
correcting the descriptions. The rostrum reaches well beyond tlic trochanter of the
foreleg, the labial palpus consisting of five segmeuts. The third segment of
the maxillary pal [Mis is about one-third the length of the fourth, or a little over
one-third, the fourth being a little longer than the second. The frons of the head
bears a groove near the oral angle, appearing as an incrassation of the skeleton in
• I'm; U.a. Nat. A/us. xxix. p. VS.i (1906).
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a side-view (on slide). In this groove, which is present in all the species we
have from America, there is an acute, somewhat heart-shaped, tubercle, which lies,
in most species, usually concealed in the groove, but often projects a little when the
specimen is comjiressed. There is one (not two) long bristle beneath the eye near
the ventral edge of the head.
The fifth segment of the foretarsns is oblong, being hardly half as long again
as it is broad. The basal jjrojectiou of the claw of this segment is very largo, being
at least half tlie length of the claw. There are ten bristles on the outer surface of
the hindtiliia.
We do not know the male.
Pulex lutzi Baker, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxvii. pp. 378 and 380 (19U4), from
iSao Panlo, off Grisoii. vittata, apjiears to be a closely allied species. The second
anil third abdominal tergites, however, are described as bearing no minute apical
teeth, and the anterior row of bristles on the abdominal tergites 3 to 7 is described
as being represented by only one or two bristles on each side.
Genus CTENOCEPHALUS.
Clciiucrpluihis Kolenati, Fauiut Alirat. p. CG (1859).
This genus comprises only the dog and cat fleas. After having pointed out the
differences between these two insects [see Ent. Rec. xiii. p. 126 (IDOl) ; Xov. Zool.
xi. p. 192 (190.5)] we are rather surjirised to see in Baker's recent paper a note to
the effect that he is convinced that canis and fclis are the same insect. As the
differences in the head of these two fleas are so very conspicuous that they can be
distinguished at a glance from each other, we can explain Baker's contrary opinion
only by assuming that he has seen but one of the two fleas — probably C.feli.i.
Weyenbergh had specimens of both canis and felis. We have received two
specimens labelled as canis. They belong to the short-headed species — i.e. they are
true canis. We have not seen specimens named felis by him in Periudico Zool. iii.
p. 276. No less thaafour of his new species, however, belong io felis, according
to the specimens received ; the synonymy being as follows :
4. Ctenocephalus felis.
Piilcx fclis Bouch^, Nova Arid Ac. Leap. Carol. Gcs. iVal. xvii. 1. p. b05 (183.5).
I'ulcj: ijuniccpa Weyenbergh, Bui. Ac. Nac. Sc. Ai-f/eiit. iii. p. 202. (187'J) (nom. nud.).
Ceratopsijlliis riifulus id., Pcr'Mko Zool. iii. p. 265 (1881) (on C'enius rufus\ " P. parviccps this
species ").
Pulex iiasiKW id., I.e. p. 272 (1881) (on Nama sorkdis).
Pulex ohscurus id., l.c., p. 273 (1881) (ou Canis asarac and ijnuilix).
Pulex concoloris id., t.c., p. 274 (1881) (on Fclis cnnrolor).
As the insect varies a good deal in size and depth of colour, Weyenbergh was
led astray by such individual distinctions. Weyenbergh laid also too much stress
ou the general outline of the body, describing tlie fleas much in the same way as
beetles, for instance, are described. The descriptions accompanying the above-
quoted names contain many inaccuracies, though Weyenbergh apimrently examined
the specimens microscopically. Wliat he calls the comb of the metanotum is of
course that of the pronotum.
^\'e have received ii female of rnfnlus, two females of nasuae, a pair of obsciirus,
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and II pair t<i' concoloris. All these specimens have the long jioiuteil head oi C. frlis.
'Yhvfcmnh; oi' obsciiruis shows an interesting anomaly, tlie sjiinu at the apex of the
genal process being double on one side of the head.
Family (ERA TOPSYLLICLAE.
CcriiiiipstjUiduc Baker, Pror. U.S. Xal. .!/««. xxix. p. 124 (iyo5).
The bat fleas are so diftereat in organisation from the otiier Siphonajjtera, and
infei- se so much alike, that we agree with Dr. Baker in treating them as a distinct
family. There is only one genns of bat fleas recognised at present. The first
valid name for this genus is Ischnojjsi/llus Westwood. Hitherto Curtis's name
Ccratopsi/llus — altered into Ceratopsi/lla by most authors (philologically perhaps
a correction, but nomenclatorially a misspelling) — has been employed instead,
Kolenati being usually cited as author of Ceratopsi/llus. As nobody appears to
have looked up the literatnre on this point, accepting without i)rotest the erroneous
nomenclature for the bat fleas, we quote here what Curtis wrote about Ceratopsi/llus
and Westwood about hchnoj/syllus in 1833, 1838, and 184U. Criticising Curtis's genus
Ceratoplii/llus in Ent. Mag. i. j). 359 (1833), Westwood states that Cfratfipln/lliis
can scarcely be considered to be well founded, the distinctions based on the antennae
uot holding good. And he proceeds to say, on page 3G2 : " The species, however,
figured by Mr. Curtis, C. elongatu.i, as well as C. tespertilionis, and probably
C. bifascintus and Ptth'x muscull Dng., together with a Chinese species, which has
been kindly presented to me by the Rev. Leonard Jenys, exhibit a general form so
difiereut to that of the other fleas, that I cannot help thinking them, on that account,
entitled to form a distinct group, for which (as the name Ceminphi/llus must
likewise be rejected in consequence of having been previously employed in botany)
the generic name Lichnopsijlbis may not be deemed inajiplicable ; the characters of
which 1 propose to detail in a memoir, upon which I am at present occupied, upon
Bat Parasites." This promised memoir was never completed, only a monograph of
the genus ^'ijcteribia appearing in 1835 {Trans. Zool. Soc. LoiuL). But we find a
more precise statement of what Ischnopsijllm was meant to stand for in Westwood's
Introd. Classif. Ins. ii. p. 124 (1840). There we read :
" Obs. — Ceratopsyllus Curt. (Ceratophyllus Curt., B.E.) consists of species in
the type of which the antennae are inserted on each side of the head, concealed in a
cavity behind the eye when at rest, and as long as the head, four-jointed"; but other
si)ecies introduced into the genus are described by Curtis as diflering entirely in
this respect, hence the character derived from the antennae appears to me to be
merely specific. Some of the species, however (P. respertilionis and elongalus)
being of a much more slender general form, I have proposed for them the generic
name of Ischiiopsi/llus {Ent. Mag. No. 4)."
Meanwhile (1838) Curtis had altered the original spelling of the name
Ceratophyllus into Ceratopsyllus ; this explains the appearance of " Ceratopsyllus
Curt." in the above (jnotation from Westwood's book. In volume xv. of the
British Entomology Curtis says,* under Errata and Addenda : t
"Folio 417 for Ceratophyllus read Ceratopsyllus. This name, wjiidi was
compounded to express the peculiar structure of the horned fleas, was misprinted
* Jiritisk Entomology xv. Indijx p. 2 (1838).
t In a letter dated Sept. 2Gtb, lUUl, Mr. CJ. A. Verrall drew my alteiitiou lo Ibis note.— N. C. li.
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when tkt; gt'ims was established in this work, and it was not corrected, as the
author intended, in the Guide."
From these quotations it will be clear (1) that Ceratopsijllus was merely a
well-meant correction of the term Ceratoplnjllus; (2) that Ccratopsi/llus, thervi'oret
is an absolute s}'nonym of CeratophijUiis, the type being stated by Curtis to be
C. hinmdiitis ; * and (3) that the correct name for the bat fleas is Westwood's terra
Iscknopsijllus.
Dr. Baker gives GeratopsijUtis priority over [schnopsyllus, dating the former
erroneously 1832. He quotes in Proc. U.S. iVat. Mks. xxvii. p. 432 (l'JU4) as
follows : —
1832. Cei'utopsi/llus Curtis, Britisk Eiitomolof/i/ x.
1833. Ceratopsyllus AVestwood {Ischiopsi/llus), Eiit. Mo. Mag.., I. p. 359.
Both quotations are wrong. There is no reference to a bat flea in British
Entomolwjij x., which appeared in 1833, not 1832. Westwood in the Entomological
Magazine (not Ent. Mo. Mag., the first volume of which was pul>lished in 1804-5)
does not mention the term Ceratopsgllus, which, as said above, dates only from
1838.
Weyenbergh described one species of Iscknopsglliis :
5. Ischnopsyllus isidori.
Ceralophyllus isiduri Weyenbergh, Period. Zool. iii. p. 271 (1881).
The species is closely allied to I. irolff'solud Rothsch., Nov. Zool. x. p. 321. n. 5.
t. '..I. fig. 13, t. lU. fig. 14. 15. 16 (10U4). The frous of the head is rather longer
and move pointed ; the posterior row of bristles of the metanotum of the c? is
normal, being similar in the sexes ; the metanotum and first abdominal tergite are
devoid of the two short spines standing in woljfsohni on each side at the apex of
these segments, etc.
Found on Vespertilio isidori Gerv.
* Haker, Proc. U.S. yat. Mit.'<. xxix. p. 129 (11)U5), erroneously makes gaUitiar the type of
C't'rtittiji/iijllu.'i.
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NEW SPniNGIDAE.
By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., and KARL JORDAN, Pu.D.
1. Protoparce fosteri spec. uov.
(J. Close to P. lichenea Bnrm. (1856). No sliarply defined line on mesothoracic
tegiila. Abdomen beneath pnre white, mesial dots black ; side-patches of tergites
white, large. Pulvillns of claw-segments present, bnt small.
Wings, iippt'rsidc. Forewing narrower than in both lichenea and Jlore^tan ;
the interspaces between the black lines purer white ; hairy patch at base restricted,
more extended white; black longitudinal discal streaks 11^ — M^ rather longer than in
lichenea ; first and second discal line heavy, merged together as in lichenen, inter-
space between second and third line white from costal to inner margin, the tiiird
line crenate, well marked ; interspace between third and fonrth lines buffisii white,
especially the posterior portion of this interspace much purer huffish white than
in the allied species ; fifth line widened at costal margin to a large triangular
patch ; interspace between this patch and the oblique apical line huffish white.
Hindwing more elongate than in lichenea ; white from base to first band,
except a large patch between cell and SM-, this patch brown-black, contiunons with
the first band ; interspaces between the three browu-black bauds white posteriorly,
sharply defined, the white colour gradually shaded over with brown anteriorly, but
the interspace remaining distinct to costal margin.
Underside. Forewing deeper black-brown than in lichenea ; cell more
washed with grey ; two rather distinct brown-black lines on disc, the interspace
between them and a band at the distal side of the second line greyish white,
distinct; submarginal area also more extended grey than m Jloredan vmCl lichenea.
Hindwing : greyish-white ; a heavy black line touching cell, curved basad on
abdominal fold, more proximal behind than the corresponding line of the allied
species ; just outside this line a second one, dentate, rather thin, joining the first
line at M' ; a third line farther distad, thin, partly obsolescent between the veins,
very strongly dentate ; marginal baud well defined, about 5 mm. broad in middle,
j)aler brown-black than first line ; interspace between the marginal band and the
third line about as wide as the baud.
Tenth tergite broader vertically than in the iillied species. Harpe in shape
similar to that of lichenea and Jiorestan, rather smaller, emargiuate ventrally,
its edge slightly irregular, non-dentate. Tooth of penis-sheath longer than in the
allied sjjccies.
Length of forewing : 04 mm.
Ilah. >Sapucay, Paraguay, January S2, I'JUu (^V. Foster).
One <f .
2. Eui'yglottis albostigmata basalis sulispcc. nov.
Eiu-i/gloitis albostigmala Rothschild & Joid., Xui: Zuul. ix. Supijl. p. I'S (IWKt) (partim ;
S.E. Peru).
? . We received this form when our revision of the Sphingidae was in press.
On comparing again typical ? ? of albostigmata we now find that the Peru
(ll'j)
individuals dill'ur iii thu hindwiDj? being all white from the liase to the first discal
line, the costal area excepted.
flab.- S. Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. rem, OUOD I't., March I'JOl (G. R.Oekenden).
Two ? ? .
3. Protambulyx xanthus spec. nov.
r?. Ujipi-rside : forewing as in P. eurijcles Herr.-Sch. (1854), but posterior
subbasal patch narrower, more oblique. Hiudwing : very pale chrome, jialer
than in euri/df» and ciiryalus; lines as in curi/alus R. & J. (1903), but the first
liue broader, standing closer to cell, and the marginal band narrower.
Undeiside deej) maize-yellow ; discal lines faint, except the first which
is strongly marked on both wings ; marginal band of forewing as in euri/cles,
extending to hinder angle as in that species, being much wider between R' and R-
than in eunjalas, and tapering to a point, ending at tip of SC\
Eighth sternite with short obtuse mesial lobe. Patch of friction-scales on
clasper obliquely transverse, widest dorsally, similar to that oi curi/cles but longer.
Length of forewing : 6U mm.
Hab. Tnis, Costa Rica.
One (?.
Perhaps a northern form of curijclcs. Easily distinguished from euri/clcs by
the third line of the hindwing above being curved as in e'ln/aln.s, suJpkurea, and
astij(joniu (see Sovi. Zool. ix. Sujipl. p. 176 ii'.), differing from the latter insects
especially in the marginal band of the forewing being shaped as in cunjcUs.
4. Compsogene panopus celebensis subspec. nov.
S ¥ . Forewing, above : interspace between subbasal band and patch of cell-
bars narrower at costal margin than in Malayan and Indian specimens, the proximal
bar of that patch more straight and heavier ; brown marginal border symmetrical,
evenly tajiering at both ends, the black line bordering it non-dentate, the olive
proximal border of this liue much wider and much more evenly rouuded ; black
discal band more oblique, almost parallel to margin, crossing subcostals distally of
base of SC°.
Underside : the proximal suljajiical costal spot larger, the line extending from
this spot to inner angle less distinct or vestigial ; marginal band almost evenly
rounded, being much less strongly narrowed from R- forward and backward.
Hal). Tondauo and Sawangan, North Celebes.
Two pairs.
6. Polyptyclius anochus spec. nov.
c?. Upperside ot palpus, head and thorax grey, of abdomen bnffish grey;
underside pale vinaceous cinnamon ; tibiae grey on upperside, the grey streak of
midtibia sharply defined, interrupted before middle. Legs, jjalpus, and antenna
similar to those of F. andosa Walk. (1856) iu structure.
Wings, upperside. Forewing: apex strongly produced, distal margin deej)ly
concave below apex, convex behind middle, inner angle projecting backwards ;
pinkish grey, markings clayish vinaceous cinnamon ; a broad antcmedian band
consisting of several lines with the interspaces filled in, narrower behind, about as
broad as the grey median interspace ; this intersxiace denticulate, being bordered by
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,a lliiii brownish crenate lino wliicb cnrves costad ; the whole area between this
line ami distal margin clayisli vinaceous cinnamon, bearinj); a row of ill-defined and
rather indistinct grey patches which are situated jiroximally of a second discal
crenate line ; this line extremely faint, being accentuated by vein-dots ; one small
subbasal dot ; stigma a small ring with grey centre. Hindwing pale salmon-
buff, greyish at anal angle, indistinctly marked with brown ; anal angle more
produced than in P. andosa.
Underside clayish salmon-buff ; two brown lines on disc "of each wing, jjavallel,
denticnlate, curving costad.
Neuration : SC- and R' of hindwing on a very short stalk ; D'- almost four
times as long as D^, very oblique, sliglitly angiilate ; D'' a little shorter than D^ ;
lower angle of cell acnte.
(Jenitalia : tenth tergite very different from that of the other sjiecies of
Pohjptychm in being completely divided into two very slender, pointed processes,
whicli stand widely separate; tenth sternite broken, apparently broad, rounded-
truncate. Clasper with elongate-ovate friction-patch dorsally ; no friction-scales on
inner side of eighth tergite ; clasper strongly narrowed apicad, ending in an acute
point which is bent downwards ; harpe with two processes ; one ventral, reversed,
beak-shaped, being carved upwards and pointed ; the other much longer, irregularly
triangular, obliipiely longitudinal, tapering, somewhat irregular, curved inward. No
distinct armature on penis-sheath.
Length of forewing : 28 mm.
Uab. Sierra Leone.
One S.
Similar in colour to P. andosa, compar, and consimilis (see 2^oc. Zool. ix. Snppl.
p. 250), but widely different in the genitalia. Apex of forewing much more
jiroduced.
Libyoclanis gen. nov.
?. Palpus much slenderer than in (.'lanis and Pseudoclanis* segments 1 and 2
nearly equal in length, the joint between them not open. Antenna cylindrical.
Tibiae spinose at apex ; si)nrs much shorter than in allied genera mentioned ; two
jiairs to hindtibia, the short spur a little shorter than tlie tibia is broad, half the
length of the long one ; cell of hindwing trnncate, both the upper and lower angles
being about 90' ; SC- and R' on a short stalk.
Antevaginal ridge asymmetrical, produced into a process on each side, the
processes being unequal in size.
Type : L. bainbridgei gen. nov.
Here belongs also Clanis bicolor, from Sierra Leone,t which we left
provisionally in Clanis when revising the Sphingidax.
fl. Libyoclanis bainbridgei spec nov.
?. Body tawny olive above, wood-brown beneath, sides of abdomen somewhat
creamy, with an ill-defiued white patch at base, upperside of tibiae and tarsi
muminy-brown, stiff hairs at tiji of abdomen yellow.
• See lievision of Sjihingidac, in .Vof. Zvol. is. Kiippl. p. 220 (1903).
t L.C. p. 219.
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Wings, upperside, Fore wing produced at apex into a prominent lobe, which is
about 5 mm. long, measured from tip of Sf'° ; greenish clay-colonr (more green when
alive ?) ; two faint straight oblique parallel lines, greyish, the second a little beyond
base of M'^ the first about (i mm. distant from it, these lines being the proximal
borders of indistinct clay bands, a pale band across cross-veins, from costal to inner
margin, widest between R' and W, including a small transparent stigma bordered
with brown ; an oblique brown line from apex to R', ending here iu an indistinct
brown patch ; a small brown subapical patch at l)end of costal margin preceded
by a cloud of glossy grey scales ; a small rosy red basal spot at inner margin. ■
Hindwing rosy red, costal margin creamy white, distal margin tawny olive, this
marginal band gradually widening behind and becoming paler, extending along
abdominal margin to base, the hairs at base being creamy white.
Underside greenish buff, paler than upperside, creamy towards base.
Forewing rosy red centrally from base beyond apex of cell ; a brown line from
apex obliquely beyond R-. Hindwing with large rosy red patch along abdominal
margin ; two greenish yellow lines across disc, at R' the distances between these
lines, cell and distal margin, about equal ; R^ from centre of cell.
Vaginal ridge raised into a triangular tooth on each side, the right tooth being
longer and broader than the left one.
Length of forewing : 67 mm.
Ilah. Sierra Leone (Major Bainbridge).
One ?.
We name this fine species in honour of the collector, from whom we have
received several interesting captures.
7. Pholus vitis fuscatus subspec. nov.
Phnlns vilh vith, Rothschild & Jord., Noe. Zunl ix. p. 494. n. 418. a. (1903) (partim ; St. Vincent ;
Grenad.a).
Having received a series of fresh specimens, we now propose a separate name
for the form from the Lesser Antilles.
?. Wings, upperside : pale markings of forewing more or less washed with
brown, therefore less contrasting with the greenish olive-brown markings than in
nearly all Continental specimens ; subbasal band not distinctly edged with white ;
brown line situated within oblique grey discal band less distinct ; marginal band
broadm-, not edged with white.
HkI). Santa Lucia (S. Branch), ti/pe ; Grenada ; St. Vincent.
A series of ? ? .
8. Deilephila placida salomonis subspec. nov.
DeiUphila placida placida Rothschild & Jord., Noi\ Zool. ix. Suppl. p. 512. n.430. a. (190.3) (partim;
Guadalcanar and Florida).
c?. Blore uniformly olive, the markings less prominent ; subbasal patch of
forewing, upperside, hardly deeper olive than the ground-colour ; median band less
oblique than in pi. placida ; its proximal edge less curved.
Hab. Solomon Islands; N. Georgia, tijpe ; Choiseul; Guadalcanar; Florida,
4 <Jcf, collected by A. S. Meek,
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9. Temnora angulosa spec. nov.
?. Body rnssct-brown above, tawny-olivo beneath. Wings, iijipersidc :
forewing rnsset-brown, tliis area sharply limited on disc, indented on the veins,
dilated before and behind li', reaching posteriorly to inner angle and costally a
little beyond apex of cell ; disc ontside the rnsset-brown area fawn-colour, apex
washed with mars-brown ; a thin brown line ontside the basi-discal area, nearly
following the curve of the outer edge of this area, which it joins behind M';
distal margin biconcave, strongly aiignlate at K-, the angle somewhat nmnded.
liindwing mummy-brown, entire.
Underside tawny olive, washed with mumm3'-brown. Forewing mummy-
brown in centre from base to disc ; a faint line on disc ; an equally faint line
obliquely from apex, bordering a faint marginal band which is slightly deeper
brown than the distal portion of the disc. Hindwing with a fiiiut denticulate
line on disc, curved like distal margin, but standing farther away from it in front
than behind.
Length of forewing : 32 mm.
Ilnh. Luluabnrg, Kassai, Congo Free State, September 1902 (Landbeck).
One S.
10. Xylophanes fosteri spec. nov.
S ? . Head and thorax olive above, with a pinkish grey side-stripe extending
from tip of palpus to apical edge of mesothoracical tegula, edged with white
behind, a brownish grey mesial streak on thorax only ; a central line on tegula
tawny ; abdomen wood-brown above, greyish at base, clayish towards apex ; this
dorsal area bordered by an olivaceous line which somewhat widens basally ; three
indistinct dorsal lines ; underside creamy bufif in middle, buff shaded with tawny
at sides. Outer spur of midtibia half the length of the inner.
Wings, uppcrside. Forewing wood-brown shaded with sepia-colour ; apex
acute, distal margin entire, concave below apex ; seven lines between cell and distal
margin, first and second from inner margin to R^, heav}', more or less merged
together, the second being continued costad, but the upper portion very thin, third
line thin, fourth accentuated by minute vein-dots, the line distinct from R' to apex
of wing, fifth also distinct from R^ to apex, indistinct from R' backwards, the npper
]iortions of these two lines more or less contiguous, sixth feeble, seventh vestigial,
lines 4 to 7 converging to tip of wing, lines 2 and 3 not reaching costal
edge, disapjiearing in a pale Wdod-brown costal subapical space; a small black
stigma ; ontside apex of cell a brown cloud which is continued behind R- to
lines 4 and 5; a small blackish costal dot distally of subcostal fork, this dot
being the costal portion of the first line. Hindwing blackish brown ; a dirty
pinkish band on disc from anal angle to costal edge, which it does not (juite reach,
palest behind, being more or less washed with brown in front.
Underside pale ochraceous, with a faint tint of pink, irrorated witji wood-brown.
Forewing brown centrally from base beyond apex of cell ; a row of conspicuous
black-brown vein-dots parallel to margin, curving costad in front, between this row
and the cell a more or less vestigial line ; distal marginal area pale wood-brown,
this border angulate at R^, reaching here the line of dots. Hindwing: a wood-
brown line at lower angle of cell, jiarallel to distal margin, curving costad in front,
the lino broad Imt rather faint ; distally of this line and parallel with it a vestige of
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a second line and then a row of small bnt distinct dots ; distal marjjinal l)and
wood-brown, tapering behind, brown behind M-, the veins being more or less of the
ground-colonr.
Tenth tergite sinuate at apex, steruite long, with rounded apex. Harpe short,
slender, tai)ering, with the apex curved upwards; a few very minute teeth at tip.
Penis-sheath with an oblique row of teeth, the central portion of the row situated
on a slightl)^ elevated ridge, the portions at the right situated at the edge of an
obtuse short process. Friction-scales large.
Length of forewing : cj, 30 mm. ; ?, 33 mm.
Hab. Sapucay, Paraguay, February and October 1903 (W. Foster).
One pair.
Near A', turbala Edw. (1887) and robiimni Grote (1865).
11. Xylophanes dolius spec. nov.
S. Body as in fostcri, pale buff beneath. Outer spur of midtibia less than half
the length of inner.
Wings resembling in shape those of A', hi/drata R. & J. (1903). Upperside
of forewing wood-brown, washed with olive, lines in the same position .as in
A', hjdrata, fourth thin, deeper brown in upper half than the others, fifth vestigial
between R- and M-, ending anteriorly in a brown spot situated at apex ; costal
marginal area paler !it apex than rest of wing ; a rather large black stigma.
Hindwing : black-brown, with a narrow buff band from an.al angle to costal margin,
which it does not quite reach, being shaded with brown anteriorlj'.
Underside pale buff, somewhat pinkish on disc, irrorated with brown.
Forewing black-brown centrally from base beyond apex of cell ; a rather heavy line
just distally of lower angle of cell, somewhat incurved behind M', thin in front,
ending in a costal dot ; parallel with this line a row of dots, the costal dot being
situated halfway between first line and apex ; a marginal spot below tip of wing,
produced discad into an oblique line ; a heavy marginal double spot M' — SM- ; all
these lines and spots deep brown. Hindwing : a carved line and a row of dots
on disc ; distal margin brown.
Clasper with about seven large friction- scales. Harpe very slender, curved
upwards at apex, tapering, denticulate distally. Tenth tergite and sternite long, the
latter with almost parallel sides and rounded apex.
Length of forewing : 31 mm.
Hob. Zamora, Ecuador (0. T. Baron).
One i , somewhat faded.
12. Xylophanes cosmius spec. nov.
$. Body as in A. amadis Stoll (1782) ; basal lateral patch of abdomen less
distinct, quite gradually fading away ; abdominal tergites irrorated with brown
scales, without line or dots. External spur of midtibia one-third shorter than
inner.
Wings, vpperside. Forewing : apex produced, distal margin obtusely
denticulate, deeply concave below apex, strongly convex in middle ; wood-brown,
washed with green, costal marginal area, a triangular space at outside of discal
line from U- to apex, and inner margin more distinctly green than rest of wing ;
three greenish brown lines in basal half, curved, not reaching inner margin, outer
two close together ; a black stigma, outside which there is a greenish black patch,
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transverse, rounded distall)-, straiglit ]iro.\imiilly ; ii very conspiciioiis line fmin
tip of wing to middle of inner margin, continued along the latter to base, apically
more curved than in amadix, crossing W at one-third the distance from cell to
outer margin, greenish black, edged with grey proximally ; traces of two lines
proximally of it, these additional lines accentuated at costal edge by a spot each ;
a submargiual row of black vein-dols ; fringe black at veins. Hindwing black,
a greenish buff band from anal angle to costal margin, which it does not reach,
slightly incised at the veins ; distal margin narrowly green ; fringe sj>otted black
at posterior veins.
Underside ochraceons salmon-buff, irrorated with brown ; markings as in
amadis, distal marginal band rather wider ; lilack fringe-spots conspicuous on
both wings.
Tenth tergite feebly spatulate, truncate ; steniite triangular, with the apex
rounded. Seven large friction-scales on clasper. Harpe slender, tapering, curved
upwards at apex faintly denticulate at tip. Penis-sheath with a broad streak
of numerous minute teeth on left side, the convex area on which this streak is
situated rounded at apex and at right side produced into an obtuse process, which
is as broad as long, being covered all over with teeth and being directed proximad.
Length of forewing : 4U mm.
Ilrib, La Union, llio Hnacamayo, Carabayn, S.E. Pern, ^Oiio ft., November
1904, wet season (G. R. Ockenden).
One <J.
13. Xylophanes chiron lucianus snbspec. nov.
Xylnphanes chirnn chiron, Rothschild & Jord., Nov. Zool. ix. Suppl. p. G99. n. Go2. b. (1903) (partiiu ;
Sta. Lucia).
Having now seen several specimens from Santa Lucia, we find that this island
is inhabited by a special subspecies, which, though similar to the one found in
Jamaica, differs in several points.
?. Upperside of body and forewing green, as in ordinary Continental individuals
of A', chiron chiron ; a brown or black mesial patch anteriorly on mesonotum.
External spur of midtibia a little shorter than internal.
Wings, njjperside. -Forewing broader than in the Jamaica and Continental
forms; a green vestigial line from apex, proximally of this line a row of transverse
black-brown dots on the veins from SC'' to M-, followed at inner margin by a
triangular black-brown patch as in the other forms, these vein-dots partly connected
with one another by vestiges of a brown line ; no trace of a clayish patch either
at costal margin or on disc. Hindwing with three spots on disc, a fourth,
anterior spot being faintly indicated ; the anal and subanal spots as in the
other forms.
Underside similar to that of the Continental subspecies. One heavy line on
disc of forewing, the proximal line of the other two subspecies not being marked;
brown proximal edge of marginal band heavy, the costal intersjiace between this
band and the discal line wider than in tlie other forms. Hindwing : a brown line
on disc accentuated by vein-dots, a vestige of a second line close to cell ; marginal
band as broad as in the Continental subspecies.
Hub. Santa Lucia (S. Branch).
Several ? ¥ .
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14. Xylophanes chiron cubanus subspec. nov.
Xylophanes chimn nechtm, Rothschild & Jord., !.<■. p. G'J8. n. Cul.a. (1903) (partim ; Cuba).
Fresh material from Cuba shows that there fire several jioiuts of difference
between Cuban and Continental specimens.
c??. Smaller than the (,'ontinental form; antenna pinkish; nnderside of
l)ody more rnfous.
AV'iugs, ujjperside. Forewing proportionately shorter, the costal and discal
clayish patches much smaller. Hindwing : discal spots smaller, huffish.
Underside: on the whole more extended rufous ; the costal discal luteons
patches of the forewing more restricted, the latter patch replaced by a dot.
Hub. Holiiuin, Cuba (Tollin ; Parish).
A small series.
15. Xylophanes pyrrhus spec. nov.
(??. Closely resembling A', thijeha L. (ITHs). Much larger. Forewing,
ahove : the pale band bearing the double line wider than in thi/clia, the line
bordering this band distally gradually widening from tip of wing to R^ ; distal
margin less rounded than in thi/elia.
Underside. Forewing : with three lines across disc, the first heavy, curved
in front, reaching costal margin abont 4 mm. beyond subcostal fork, the second
and third thin, close together but separate, curving costad in front, more proximal
than in thyelia, the third being at iSC° abont 3 mm. distant from oblique apical
line ; posterior portion of third line slightly dentate, tlie luteons streak standing
at its distal side more irregular than in tliyeVm and thinner. Hindwing :
proximally of the double line a vestige of another line.
Length of forewing : 33 to 37 mm.
Hah. 8. Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. Peru (G. U. Ockenden), a long series ;
Merida, Venezuela (Briceno), one S.
Wo have a series of A. thyelia from various places, the range extending from
S.E. Peru to Colombia, and eastwards to the Guianas and Trinidad.
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NOTES ON BAT FLEAS.
By the Hon. N. C:. ROTHSCHILD, M.A., F.L.S.
I.
IN 1850 Kolenati described and figured an eight-combed flea which he had off
various species of bats. The figure represents a c? bearing a luaue of long
hairs on the thorax. This species, named by Kolenati octactenus, is commonly
found on the Contiueut and in England on the pipistrelle {Vcspcrugo i>ipistrellus),
whicli is one of the hosts mentioned by Kolenati.
AVhen Wagner, in L'^OS, published the result of his examination of the
Siphouaptera contained in the Imperial Museum at St. Petersburg, where some
of Kdlenati's sjiecimens are preserved, he made a mistake in respect to octactenus
Kolen. Wagner found in the collection a ? of an eight-combed bat flea from
Kolenati's collection. This ? he considered to be a typical specimen, which it
may be. Now, Wagner had in his own collection two closely allied species of
bat fleas — namely, a pair of one species and a single c? of the other. The pair
Wagner identified with the above-mentioned ? from Kolenati's collection, while
he described the single cj as a new species under the name of C. jubata. In this
he was wrong. His jubata is the maued species figured in 1S.56 by Kolenati as
octactenus.
Following Wagner, we have in some {)revious papers recorded the true
octactenus (with the maned S) as jubata, and the other species as octactenus, both
occurring in England. This second species being witliont a name, wo now propose
to call it
Ischnopsyllus simplex,
the synonymy of the two insectfi being as follows : .
1. Ischnopsyllus octactenus.
Ceratopsyllus oclacleniis Kolenati, Parnx. Chirojit. p. 31. t. .3. fig. 31 (1857) ; Rothsch., Ntir. Znul. v.
p. 543. n. G. t. 14. figs. 7. !> (1898).
Cemtopsijlla jubata Wagner, IIoi: Sue. Ent. Ross. xxxi. p. 584. n. 4 (1898).
2. Ischnopsyllus simplex spec. nov.
CeralopnijUa ndactcna Wagner («o« Kolenati), I.e. p. 580. n. 1 (1898).
The differences between the c? c? of this species and the preceding have been
ably described and figured by Wagner. The ? ? of the two species are best
recognised by the difference in the length of the apical bristles of the metathoracical
epimernm. Tliis plate bears in /. octactenus Kol. one long and two short bristles,
while there are in /. simplex one long and one short bristle.
The I'uleu- eespeitiUonis of Duges (1832) is an eight-combed bat flea whicli
may be identical with one of the later-described species. But Ungcs's description
is quite insufficient for recognition.
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II.
In 10(i3 wc (lescrilied two North American bat fleas as Cerntopst/lla h)m'(//v's
from Ontario, and ('rratoj/si/Ua paljiosKS from British Columbia. Dr. Carl Baker,
in his recent jiaper,* has added a third, named Ceratops'/llus croshyi, from Missouri.
This insect is shortly described in a " key " to the American bat fleas. As this
"key " is misleading, we hope Dr. Baker will not take it amiss that we make the
following comments. The insect is characterised by Dr. Baker as follows : —
" Ctenidia on segments I — VII of abdomen ; metatarsal article I with spines
7 — 8j and this segment as long as segments II, III and IV togctlier ; mesonotum
nearly twice the length of metanotum on the dorsal line."
Now, taking the characters in the same order as in this short diagnosis of
crosbiji, we find that in the description of insignis the abdomen is stated to bear
seven combs of modified bristles. The mesonotum of insignis we figured as being
about twice the length of the metanotum. The tarsi were not described, as they
did not present any striking differences from the other American species. On
re-examination we find that the hindtarsus of insignis agrees with Baker's
description of the hindtarsus of croshiji. Therefore the diagnosis of croshyi as it
stands in Baker's paper offers nothing which does not also apply to insignis. Baker
himself differentiates insignis from croshyi by erroneously attributing only fonr
abdominal combs to insignis instead of seven, as stated in our description. It
is qnite possible, however, that croshyi is not identical with insignis.
III. — A New Bat Flea from Italy.
Ischnopsyllus gestroi spec. nov.
This species is allied to /. martialis Rothsch.,t but differs in many essential
points.
Thorax. — There are fewer bristles on the meso- and metanotum than in
I. martialis, there being no bristles immediately above the pleural plates. The
metanotum and the first and second abdominal tergites bear one short apical
spine on each side. The metathoracical epimernm has five or six bristles
(2 or 3, 2, 1).
Abdomen. — On the abdominal tergites 2 to 6 there is one bristle below the
stigma and another above it, and two more bristles on each side on the back some
distance from the one standing above the stigma. In front of the dorsal bristles
there are one or two small hairs on each side. The seventh tergite bears one
or two more bristles on the back than the preceding segments do. There is
one long apical bristle on each side of this tergite, accompanied in the ? by two
small hairs, there being in the S .a row of short apical hairs in between the
two long ajiieal bristles.
Legs. — The mid- and hindcoxae bear posteriorly at the ape.x one long and
one very short bristle. The mid- and hindfemora have two ventral and two lateral
bristles at the apex on the outer side, there being, besides, on the hindfomur
five short bristles situated in the basal fourth. The midtibia has on the outer
side one lateral row of six bristles, and on the inner side only one or two bristles.
The hindtil)ia bears a lateral row of eight or nine bristles on the outer side and
* rnic. U. S. A'at. .Viis, xxix. p. i:i7 (1005).
f A'm: Zunl. x. p. 322. n. fi. t. 10. fig. 17-20 (190:!).
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a row of six or seven on tlie inner. Tliere arc only one or two sniiill luiirs
at the ventral edge of the mid- and hindtibiae, apart from the apical bristles.
The bristles of the tarsi are mnch less numerous than in /. martialis. The iirst
midtarsal segment bears four or five short bristles on one edge and five or six
at the other, while there is one single row of six hairs on the ventral surface,
and a row of three or four on the dorsal side. The first hindtarsal segment has
also only one row of hairs each on the dorsal and ventral surfaces.
Modified segments. — 6. Tbe eighth tergite is sinuate at the apex, the edge
below tlie small sinus being somewhat undulate (Fig. 1, viii. t.) There are about
nine bristles between the stigma and the apical edge. The eighth stcrnite
(Fig. 2, viii. st) is truncate, bearing a row of four bristles on each side veutrally at the
Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
ajjex. The clasper (Fig. 1, CI) is oblong, as in 7. martialis, being widest at the
apex ; its upper angle is strongly rounded, while the lower angle is somewhat
produced, bearing a pair of long bristles. The finger (Fig. 1, F) is about two-
and-a-half times as long as it is broad, being of nearly even width throughout.
It bears a number of bristles at and near the apex, which is rounded. The
exact lengtli and number of these bristles we cannot clearly mahe out from the
single mounted specimen we have.
?. The seventh stcrnite is distinctly but slightly emarginate veatrally at
the apex. The eighth tergite resembles that of I. martialis. Tliere are ten stout
bristles on the outer side and no short hairs. On the inner side the row of
five or six short spine-like bristles found in mai-tialis is represented in the new
species by one or two bristles only.
Dr. R. Gestro, director of the Mnseo f!ivico at Genoa, sent us two pairs of
this flea taken ofi" Kyctino7nus ccstonii at Genoa. Dr. Gestro has kindly given
us one pair.
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TWO NEW SATURNIIDAE.
By THE HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Pii.D.
1. Dysdaemonia fosteri spec. nov.
? . Body cream-colour ; antenna, head, palpns and legs chestnut.
Wings, upperskle, cream-colour, olivaceous green in distal area, basal area
feebly washed with green. Forewing : lines and bands green ; a straight line
from costal to inner margin at base of M-, obtusely angulate at SM- ; a shadowy
band outside this line ; two transparent spots at cross-veins, the upper one small,
both with green proximal border; a band from costal to inner margin, touching
second transparent spot, slightly curving proximad between R' and SM-, sharply
defined proximally, gradually shading off distally ; a line between this band and
distal margin as in horeas, but a little more curved, brown behind ; hinder angle
of wing more rounded than in boreas. Hindwing : transparent spot encircled
with green ; a minute green dot at upper angle of cell ; two lines on disc as in
boreas, both obtusely angulate, but the angle of the first line more obtuse than
the angle of the second; first line green, broad, gradually shading off distally,
widened to a band behind, second line green iu front, brown behind ; outside the
second line a brown band irrorated with grey from tail backwards, as in boreas.
Underside cream-colour, washed with green ; two lines on disc of each wing,
both faint.
Hab. Sapucay, Paraguay, January 7, 1905 (W. Foster) ; one ? .
2. Bunaea macrothyris spec. nov.
?. Body hair-brown, thorax and abdomen densely irrorated or washed with
ochraceous, anterior part of mesonotum, collar, forecoxa and head almost uniformly
brown, collar edged with ochraceous ; antenna russet.
Wings, iipperside, hair-brown, densely irrorated with ochraceous. Forewing :
basal area bordered by a blackish hair-brown line angulate-sinuate upon M and
again at SM- ; along this line a broad white band gradually shading off distally,
the white scaling extending at costal margin to submargiual line ; a large trans-
parent spot, rounded distally, straight proximall.v, lO mm. long, thinly edged
with black, this ring followed by a broad red ring which is widened to a half-
cresceut proximally, bordered externally by a pinkish white line which is regularly
elliptical iu shape, being broader proximally than distally ; distally of this spot
a broad blackish brown line from costal to inner margin, very distinct within the
white costal area, becoming faint farther back, evenly curving costad in front,
slightly angulate between M- and SM- ; a second blackish brown line parallel
to distal margiu from costal edge to II-, being hardly vestigial I'arther baok^
8 mm. from distal margin at 11'. Hindwing : base washed with ochraceous ;
an autcmediau line white, widening behind ; a white line parallel to distal margin,
1 1 mm. distant from margin, edged with blackish brown on distal side ; area
between the two white lines without ochraceous irroration ; distal marginal area
( 190 ;
densely irrorated with ochraceons ; eye-sj)ot a little loujjer tliau broad, 13 luiu.
long, consisting of a minute snbtransjiarent bar, a black central sfiot of G mm.
diameter, a broad orange-red ring, edged ontside with a pinkish white line.
Underside : both wings densely irrorated with white from base to submargiual
lino, the veins being more or less ochraceons ; distal marginal area blackish browni
irrorated with ochraceons. Forewing : jiosterior area hair-brown from base to
discal line ; eye-spot as above, the black line bordering the transparent spot
heavier ; blackish brown discal line tajiering behind, distinct, except from M-
backwards. more jiroximal between li' and M' than above, not standing distally
of eye-spot, bnt being interrupted by it : area between discal and submargiual
lines slightly washed with maroon between SC and M'. Hindwing : a broad black
line from costal to abdominal margin, crossing eye-spot, couvex ; eye-spot much
smaller than above, consisting of a black central i)atch bearing a semi-transjiarent
bar, a red ring edged with pinkish white, the ring much narrower than above
and of the same deep red colour as in forewing ; wool at abdominal margin
yellowish ; interspace between discal and stibmarginal lines whitish at abdominal
margin.
Length of forewing : tS2 mm.
Ilab.: CJiissamba, Bilic, Angola, November 10, I'Ji.)4 (Ur. W. 1. Ansorgc);
one ?.
28 JUL 1906
NOVITATES ^OOLOGICAE
Vol. XIII. JULY, 1906. No. 2.
NEW NOCTUIDAE PROM ERITISH NEW GUINEA.
By G. T. BETIIUNE-BAKER, F.L.S., F.Z.S.
IN continuation of my tli'scriptions of the new species of Mr. Pratt's collections
from the Owen Stanley IJange, and of a portion of Mr. Meek's collections,
I am now able to add those of the Noctuidue, omitting the last sectiofi, viz. the
Deltoidinae, which I propose to deal with later on. The number of new species
sent us by Mr. Pratt is beyond our most sanguine expectations. Mr. Meek's
collections have alreaily received their well-earned praise. Each liave in their
own lines of work done magniticeutly, and both these well-tried collectors are to
be highly congratulated on the resnlts of their expeditions. I have again to thank
Sir George Hampson for constant help. My measurements are taken by doubling
the distance from the centre of the thorax to the tip of the primary.
I mnst make a correction in iny previous paper. I was informed at the last
moment, after the proofs had been all corrected, that there was no description for
Fig. 42, PI. VI., vol. xi., and in the absence of all papers, being away from home,
I wrote the description of No. 108, p. 429 (Colli/sa ekeiltei) ; the insect had,
however, been described on p. 4u3 as Anthela ekciliei, and this description and
generic name is correct; the descrijition on p. 429 sinks to the earlier one, and the
legend on Plate VI. for Fig. 42 should be Anthela ehcikei*
NOf'TUlPAE.
1. Amphipyra bicolora spec. nov.
(J. Head and collar very dark ]inrj)lish brown, collar tipped broadly with
paler brown ; thorax and abdomen brown, legs very hairy, ])ale brown with dark
tarsi jialely ringed. Primary with two or three dark basal dots followed by a short
curved costal line, a spot at the end of the cell laterally edged with darker brown ;
three strongly serrate dark postmcdial lines close together, followed by a sub-
terminal interrupted irregular line; termen darkly and finely dotted. Fringes
brownish grey. Secondary with the basal two-thirds yellow : terminal third dark
lirown, slightly iridescent at certain angles. Undersurfaco : primary uniform brown
with a dark cell-spot ; secondary as above.
? . Like the male, but larger.
Exjianse : i 44—46 mm. ; ¥ 48 — .^)il mm.
The type is in my collection. The sjiocies flies from January to March.
Huh. Ekeikei and Aroa lliver.
2. Protagrotis rufalis spec. nov.
i . Palpi pale reddish, head darker, antennae pale buff-colour, collar reddish buff,
thorax reddish brown with bright red patagiae darkly edged, abdomen pale yellowish
* The naniu on the lal)L'l of tlie spccinu-n fiiiuitnl was CnUiiAa /■krilici. Tlie name t'heih'i recurring so
frequently in Mr. Baker's article. I did not suspect thai Ctilhatf rhrikei was the same as Anthfla ehnhci. —
K.J.
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brown, forelegs red with darker tibiae palely rinajed, mid and hind pair ])ale bnft'-coloiir.
Primary brightish red up to the postmedial line, dark reddish grey beyond ; ante-
medial line double, the enter one the darker, botli interrupted at the subcostal vein,
beyond whicli is a small jiale red round spot darkly but finely eneiroled ; outside tliis
a band of dark shading curved from the costa to the lower margin of the cell,
whence to the inner margin it is obliquely straight ; beyond this the reniform
stigma shows slightly grey in a paler red area, which is sharply margined by a
double postraedial irregular subdcntatc line, the rest of the wing being reddish-
brownish grey, iu whicli is the siibterminal obscure recurved row of dark dots,
which have an obscure trace of a reddish external edging; termen iiah-, fringes
dark. Secondaries jiale yellowisli grey wifh the terminal area pinkish. Underside
of both wings quite jiale, with tiie posi marginal area darker.
Expanse : 40 — 41 mm.
Ildh. Ekeikei, where the species flies from January to Ajiril.
Type in my collection.
3. Protagrotis novaguinensis spec. nov.
c?. Head greyish brown, face pale ochreous grey, palpi dark brown, the scales
at the tip of the second segment ])alely edged, third segment i)aler with a dark
patch below ; collar brownish grey, thorax darker ; patagiae brownish grey with a
dark central stripe from the shoulder, below whicli is a broad pale stripe ; abdomen
pale greyish, the last segment but one dark brown, the neighbouring segments
being also suffused with that colour. Primary greyish brown, darker along the
costa to the lower margin of the cell, an obscure pale stripe extending from near
the apex, where it rises in a small pale apical patch, to the inner marginal area,
which is also slightly paler than other parts of the wing; a snbbasal jiatch of
raised i)ale scales from the costa to the inner margin of the coll, antemedial line
broken and obscure, postmedial line irregular, strongly incurved towards the end
of the cell, beyond which is a curved row of dark spots ; termen darkly dotted ;
orbicular stigma obscure ; reniform evanescent (in pale specimens, especially
females, both these stigmata are moderately distinct); cilia pale with a darker
central line. Secondary uniform dark brownish grey, somewhat lustrous witii
paler fringes.
Undersurface : Primary dark grey with a broadish reddish costa and a very
broad whitish inner margin. Secondary whitish, with costa slightly irrorated with
reddisii ; apex and termen blackish brown, broad at the apex, but rapidly tapering
to vein 1.
?. Like the male, bnt the primary ochreous grey above ; in all other respects
just like the male above and below.
Expanse : c? 44 — 4(1 mm. ; ? 40 — 44 mm.
JIab. Ekeikei, January to April.
Tyjie in my collection.
This species differs somewhat inter se ; the males are sometimes paler, and the
females slightly reddish. 1 have one specimen of the latter of a decided reddish
ochre colour.
Epa gen. nov.
cJ. Head roughly haired ; eyes smooth, lashed ; antennae finely, very shortly
ciliate ; palpi npturned, end segment minute, deflexed, not reaching the vertex of
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the head, first ami second seyiui'iits clothed witli hug hair, with mctatliovMcic
crest ; abdomen crested ; legs with the tarsi of each spined for all their len^jth :
niidtibiae with one pair of spnrs, hindtihiae with two pairs of spnrs ; femora and
tiliiae of all legs densel}- haired.
Nenration : Priraar\' with veins 3, 4, and Ti from close to the lower angle of the
ceil, vein C> from below the upper angle, 8 and '.) stalked from a verj- short stalk
close to tlie areole. Secondary, 5 from near the lower angle, G and 7 stalked from
well beyond the cell.
Type : Epa priitii ]'>-T?.
4. Epa pratti s|.ec. imv.
c?. Frons greenish yellow, capnt greenish grey, collar and thorax greyish
green, jiatagiae edged and bisected with black, abdomen cream-colonred. Legs
and femora yellowish grey, tibiae blacdvish grey, tarsi chestunt-red ; the femora and
tibiae arc clothed with longish greenish-grey hairs. Primary with a basal and
snbterniinal snil'nsion of yellowish green, the mediiiii area pale dirty gre)' np to the
u|ii)er margin of the cell ; costa and snbapical area black ; termen pale grey, basal
line ronghly U-shaped, from the costa to the lower margin of the cell ; beyond the
greenish sntlnsion and extending into it a broad black jiatch, which is invaded by
the grey median area ; beyond this a tine donble slightly iiLterrnj)ted black median
line, followed by a similar postmedial one, edged externally with white ; this line
is very irregnlar and strongly projected ontwards above vein 5 ; a qnadrangnlar
deep black patch at the end of the cell, a snbterrainal pale line in the greenish area,
four white jioints on the costa in front of the apex. Secondary whitish grey, termen
broadly dark grey. Underside of both wings creamy greyish with terminal area
dark grej'. In the primary the terminal area is invaded by a pale line, and in the
secondary there is a dark postmedial line.
Expanse : S 30 mm.
lUih. Dinawa, September.
Tyjie in my collection.
Yula gen. nov.
Head rough, vertex with short projecting tnft of liairs, antennal sockets fringed
with longish hairs, antennae shortly and finely ciliated ; ])alpi nptnrned, almost
erect, first and second segments thickly scaled with hairs, end segment short,
slightly deflexed ; eyes smooth- lashed, proboscis fnlly developed ; legs with mid-
til)iae with one pair, hindtibiae with two pairs of spnrs, all the tarsi strongly spined
tlu; whole length, fore- and niidtibiae with a tnft of hairs below the femoral joint ;
thorax with a central prothoracic tnft, a pair of tufts and a central tnft nn the
metathorax ; abdomen with the proximal segments tufted.
Tyjie : Yuln noracgvinme B-B.
•1. Yula novaeguineae spec. nov.
cJ. Frons grizzled brown, vertex creamy white, jialpi dark reil-brown with end
of second segment ringed with whitish, end of third segment tipped with whitish;
collar metallic brassy bronze, j)rothoracic and metathoracic tufts bronzy chestnut,
patagiae shining creamy, slightly bronzy, edged with dark brown with brassy
scales intermixed ; abdomen dark brown, with the proximal segments laterally
creamy whitish ; anal segments browni.sh cream-colour ; legs dark brown ringed
with whitish. Primary with a general metallic bronzy lustre all over, varying from
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silvpry and pale greenish into dark steel)- lirown. Basal area pale greenisli with
blackish interrupted fine basal line followed by a large blackish costal patch into
the cell, below which, extending as far as the cell, is a shining silvery oblong patch
intersected by the fine medial dark line ; jiostiuedial area dark bronzy brown, with
a small round pale greenish sj)0t at the end of the cell followed by a largish silvery
somewhat irregular sqnarish patch ; the i)0stmedial excnrved crennlate line defines
this area, and is followed by a narrowisli paler line, apical patch dark bronzy brown,
tornal area, and extending n]i to vein S dark bronzy brown ; terminal area jiale
greenish cream-colour scjiarating the dark patches just mentioned ; termeu very finely
black intersected at tlie veins. Secondary brownish, becoming cream-coloured at
the base.
?. Like the male in the primary, but witli the dark parts blacker; in the
secondary the wings are blackish instead of brownish.
Expanse: c?, 31— 33 mm. ; ?,3.'5-38mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei. I have specimens also
from the Kebea Range, Diuawa, and other localities, where Mr. Pratt collected.
The species is, however, rare apparently, only a few having been taken in each
jilace. It flies in March and April and again in duly and August ; but there is no
difference in colour in the two broods.
C. Perigea dinawa spec. nov.
S- Head, palpi, and thorax reddish brown, abdomen paler ; legs reddish
brown with darker tarsi palely ringed. Primary reddish brown, with a subbasal
whitish costal point followed by a second below it, beyond which are two more
whitish points below each other; an indistinct pale waved anfemedial line, beyond
which in the cell tlie orbicular stigma is palely but indefinitely visible, reniform
distinct pale, with whitish dots : jiostmedial line pale, strongly curved outwards,
obscurely darkly edged laterally ; snbterrainal line distinct, composed of a series
of indefinite whitish spots almost confluent, the central ones edged darkly
internally ; termeu darkly seallojied between the veins, where it is intersected
by whitish points ; costa with two whitish dots, one nearly over each stigma,
beyond which are three finer jmiiits nearer the apex. Secondary pale uniform
reddish brown.
Exj)anse : 37—39 mm.
Ildb. Dinawa, September; Kebea Range and Aroa River, March and April.
Type in my collection.
T. Perigea aroana spec. nov.
(J. Head and thorax mottled greyish, abdomen greyish. Primary jiale grey with
dark grey irrorations all over, a small white costal basal spot, an antemedian white
waved line ; reniform whitish, ]ireccded by some black nuirkings ; a postmcdial
whitish band interrupted l)y the veins; a fine sulitcrniinal dentate irregnlar line,
edged internally in fresh specimens by blackish short dashes. Secondary white
with broadish dark-grey termen.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Ilab. Aroa River, March and April.
Type iu my collection ; other sj)ecimeus in the Tring Museum.
This S])ecies is somewhat near 1'. confundens Wlk.
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8. Euplexia viridacea spec nov.
(?. Heiul ochreoiis, collar greenish, thorax and abdomen reddish ochreous,
jiatagiae greenish, legs brownish oohreons with tiiu tibiae darkly spotted, tarsi
darkish, palely ringed. Primary pale bronzy green, with a dark snbbasal patch
edged with white, an antemedial white line edged Hnely with black ; medial area
dark browiush, with an irregnlar wliitc; M-sliaped mark below vein ID, with
a greenish spot between the two outer lines of the letter ; below vein 2 a white
inverted V-shajied mark ; this dark area is edged with a fine cremdate doable line
of black and white ; terraen darkly spotted, preceding which (spots) is a series
of spearliead marks finely ontlined with white ; along the costa are three dark
dashes with fine white centres, two being before the end of the cell and one
beyond the cell. Secondary with tlie basal three-fifths greyish with a dark
hinule at the end of the cell, the terminal two-fifths pale bronzy-green. Under-
snrface : Primary ochreons grey tiiiged with green, with a dark spot in the cell
and a dark postmedial line ; secondary ochreous with a dark spot at the end of
the cell and a dark postmedial line. In fresh specimens the dark patches of the
primary are covered with a greenish Instre.
Ex]ianse : 33 — 30 mm.
Hub. Dinawa, Ekeikei and the Kebea Range.
Type in my collection.
9. Euplexia smaragdina spec. nov.
S. Frons ochreous slightly tinged with green, palpi ochreous, head pale green,
collar and thorax bright green, patagia witli two grey stripes, abdomen ochreous.
Primary pale emerald green, with a short costal basal blackish diagonal dash with
a fine white internal edging; below this a second similar dash invading the cell,
a blackish snbbasal patch interrupted by the veins from the costa to well below
the cell edged externally with a y -shaped white line, a curved line of green below
it, followed by two blackish dashes, each edged internally finely with white; latter
half of cell covered with a blackish irregular subijuadrate patch, edged externally
with white, in the centre of this patch a fine diagonal ^-shaped mark ; reniform
stigma beyond the cell marked out with white, beyond which is a wedge-shaped
dark brown jiatch ascending to the costa, where its broad end is, a dark sjiot on the
costa in front of the a]iex, confluent with this ; below, nearer the base, between
veins 1 and 2, a black dash edged externally with white, a terminal series of black
spear-head marks increasing towards the tornus.
Secondary golden yellow without marks. Undersurface of both wings ochreous
yellow.
Expanse : 35 ram.
Hab. Kebea Range, March and April.
Type in my collection.
111. Euplexia dinawa spec. nov.
Head and frons ochreous, collar dark olive-greenish, thorax dark brown with
dark olive-green patagiae and tufts, abdomen greyish with orange dorsal tnfts, legs
darkish grey with reddish tarsi. Primary brown, with a small dark lirown basal
patch bisected by a pale <-shaped mark, a dark brown spot below the cell, outer
half of cell occupied by a broad dark brown stripe in which is placed a broad
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U-shaped mark ; at tin- fiid of llu' diirk striiH' llio |';iler iiostrneilial line extends
riy;bt across tlie winj; ; Vieluw tlie green mark are two small dark spots; terminal
area pale lironzy green edged internally with a broad tapering patch of dark
velvety brown, tinged with bronzy green ; termcn dark brown, inner margin dark
brown tinged with green with a green spot a third from the base. Secondary
brownish grey, paler at the base. Fringes of both wings green. Undersnrface :
Primary brownish grey, witli a snbterminal row of small jiale <l(its ; secondary,
basal half pale grey with a dark spot in the cell and a broad dark very serrated
postmedial line, outer half i^lnsely irrorated with dark grey.
Exjianse : 34 mm.
Ilah. Dinawa, September; Avo'a, August; Aroa IJiver, .lanuary ; Kelna
Range, March and April.
Type in my collection ; other sjiecimeus in the Tring Museum.
A rare species, the series sent home being very short.
1 1 . Em'ois dinawa .sjiec. uov.
(?. Head and thorax pale ochreotis brown, collar witli a dark line across tlie
middle, abdomen reddish ochreons, leg.s chestnut-colour with dark tarsi palely
ringed. I'rimary j)ale ochreons brown, with a fine basal line in the cell and on
the costa, a double medial line from the inner margin into the cell, the inner
line being obscure, strongly serrate, forming a double v; be3-ond this is a dark
patch edged partially by a dark line, reniform stigma pale with a white spot on
its exterior, and a dark v-shaped ]iatch on its interior ; above this the costa is
darkly spotted, postmedial line only visible i'roni the inner margin to vein :i;
from the lower jiart of the reniform a double dark dash extends to the termen.
Secondary pale greyish with a darker terminal area.
Expanse : 42 mm.
llnh. Dinawa, August.
Type in my collection.
12. Ancaroides kebea spec. uov.
cj. Head, paljii and thorax dark rich red-brown, palpi pale chestnut interuiilly,
thorax and patagiae mottled with still darker velvety brown and interspersed with
pale spatulate scales ; on the prothorax is a central tnft of raised dark hairs and
scales; abdomen chrome yellow with the terminal segments dark brown and a
series of dark dorsal tufts on the ycdlow segments, legs dark brown encircled with
j)ale chestnut-colour. I'rimary dark reddish brown with a large darker brown
patch below the cell and another occupying the tornal and terminal areas up to
vein 5 ; the basal and antemedial lines represented by irregular scries of dark dots,
the orbicular and reniform stigmata distinct, finely encircled with pale yellow,
])Ostmcdial line distinct, double, acutely angled externally above vein .i,froni whence
the double line is filled in with pale yellow and margins in an arc the dark tornal
area ; from the reniform stigma a fine pale chestnut line runs above vein o to
the termeu, a subterminal curved line extends from vein 5 to the toruus, below
the apex is a patch void of the large rough scales that cover most of the wing
(this ]]atch is in some specimens pale rusty chestnut-colonr), the costa is darkly
dotted where all the lines commence. Secondaries pale chrome yellow with very
broad brown ai)ieal and terminal areas tapering rapidly towards the tornns ; a dark
sex-patch nearly fills tlie s]iaee between veins 2 and :i, invading well into the yellow
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area. Underside : Primary brown, inner margin broadly pale yellow, cell closed
by a dark spot beyond which are somewhat obscure dark postmedial and sub-
ferminal lines. Secondary as above, but paler, with a dark spot closing the cell,
and the sex-patch pale yellow invading into the dark terminal area.
Exp.'inse : ;")(! ram.
Hab. Kebea Range, Jnly; Ekeikei, January and February; Anja Hiver, March.
Type in my collection.
i;^. Ancaroides griseola spec. nov.
(J. The [iriniaries (litter from A. kvhi:,i. in that liolh stigmata and the area
below them are filled in with jiale grey, there is no angled postmedial line, there
are no dark patches on the wings, whilst the subterminal line is fairly distinct
from near the apex to the tornus, and is strongly serrate ; in the secondaries the
dark border extends somewhat up the inner margin.
E.xpanse : 56 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection, and was taken at Ekeikei in March
or April.
This may possibly be a variety of the j)revions species, A. hehca, but the
large grey area and the difference in the subterminal lines give it quite a distinct
appearance, which coupled with the fact that I have several from this one neigh-
bourhood makes me think it advisable to name it.
14. Dipterygia kebeae spec. nov.
S. Head ochreous grey ; collar dark grey, palely irrorated ; thorax jiale greyish,
with the jirothoracic tuft jiale ochreous brown ; patagiae blackish ; abdomen dark
grey. Primary blackish, with the costa broadly dark grey, increasing slightly near
the end of the cell, with' three pale dashes beyond the cell ; inner margin greyish,
broadly greyish for the posterior third and at the tornus, where it is invaded by
the black area; from near the base is a broad palish dash finely margined with
black. Secondary white, with the apex and termeu broadly blackish brown^
decreasing rapidly at the tornus.
? . Like the male, but not quite so dark.
Expanse : S and ? , 44 mm.
Hab. The species occurs at Mount Kebea and Ekeikei in March and April :
a long series was taken by Mr. Pratt ; other specimens are in the Tring Museum
from the Aroa River, taken at the same time.
The type is in my collection.
15. Dipterygia babooni spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax ochreous grey ; collar intersected with two dark lines
irrorated with white-ti]iped scales ; abdomen brownish grey. Primary ochreous grey,
with a trace of a subbasal strongly serrated fine line, the postmedial line having
an outward curve at the end of the cell, and then receding in a waved nearly
perpendicular line to the inner margin; reniform stigma pale whitish grey, below
which from the costa is a dark obliijue stripe having a deep curve iu the post-
medial area, but ascending to the middle of the termen ; a white dash below the
costa in the apical third ; from near the base of the inner margin is a broadish
pale dash darkly margined. Secondary white, broadly margined witli hrowiiish,
tapering towards the toruus.
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?. like the male, bnt with a subterruiiial very stroingly serrated line edged
outwardly with whitish.
Expause : S and ? , 44 mm.
Ilab. The type from Babooni is iu my collection ; other .specimens in tlie Tring
Museum. The sjiecies occnrs in September, and 1 have a good series from all the
localities tliat Mr. I'ratt collected iu. I believe this insect is a variety of the
previous one, and that it will prove to be the antuiun brood of J>. Iieheae ; bnt it is
80 distinct in general coloration that it is obviously advisable to name it.
Hi. Acronycta crenulata spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax irrorated pale and dark grey, abdomen greyish. Primary
pale grey, with a dark, double, obliipie, obscure iu parts, antemedial line, and a
blackish finely crenulate postmedial line, edged internally with wliite, (lutwardly
curved above vein 3, below which it recedes in a deep curve to the inner margin,
lieyoud this is an indistinct stripe of pale shading ; orbicular a whitish distinct
round spot, reniform rather obscure, between these two a dark costal patch.
Secondary pale grey, darker at the termeu.
E.xpanse : 42 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
in July.
17. Acronycta ekeikei spec. nov.
S . Head and thorax whitish grey, finely irrorated with pale green ; abdomen
grey, rapidly deepening into reddish brown ; legs pinkish grey, with blackish tarsi.
Primary pale whitish grey, more or less finely irrorated all over with pale green ;
a small dark costal patch near the base followed by a dark dot, a dark costal jiatch
above the end of the cell extending into a green spot closing the cell, two small
costal spots, followed by a longer dash on the costa in front of the apex, a trace of
an antemedial irregular whitish line, and a faint trace of two pale postmedial lines,
the outer one dotted white ; a broad blackish dash below vein 2, distinctly black
along the vein edged with white above, which (white) curves down nearly into the
tornus, intersecting the black dash which extends to the termen ; the postmedial
area beyond the cell-spot is darker along the costa to the apex and down to the
tornus than the rest of the wing; termen finely black. Secondary reddish brown,
whitish and somewhat diaphanous towards the base. Undersurface : Primary
lustrous reddish brown, white below the cell and vein 2, with a trace of a dark
postmedial line. Secondary whitish with costa and apex broadly reddish brown,
and a distinct red-brown irregular postmedial stripe from the costa to the inner
margin.
Expanse : 38 mm.
Ilab. The type from Ekeikei is in my collection. The species flies in March
and April.
18. Acronycta dinawa spec. nov.
S ■ Head and thorax pale olive green, abdomen pale brownish tinged with red,
anal extremity greenish, legs dark red-brown, jialcly spotted. Primary pale olive
green, costa spotted with black, the spot above the end of the cell large and
extending down to vein .^i ; a short black basal dash along the lower margin of
the cell and a black dash along vein 3 to near the termeu ; a trace of an antemedial
( 199 )
line, and a more definite trace of a curved black dotted postmedial lioe; terminal
area mottled, fringe crenulate. Secondary reddish brown, }ialer towards the base.
Uudersnrface : Primary red-brown, whitish below the cell and vein 2. Secondary
cream-coloured, with the costa and upjier part of termen and npox broadly red-brown,
a dark sjiot at the end of the cell, and a very irregular j)ostmedial line to vein 1 h.
? . Like the male, but with the pattern and especially the black dashes aii<l
spots decidedly more definite and rather larger. Secondary uniform reddish brown.
Expanse : c? 37, ? 4'i — 43 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Diuawa ; other specimens from the
Kebea Range. The insect flies in May and June.
10. Ilattia aroa spec, no v.
$. Head, thora.x and abdomen dull brown. Primary dull brown, with a trace
of a basal and antemedial dark line rising in a white costal dot ; a white costal spot
over the white reniform, the latter being pupilled with an ochreous sjiot darkly
encircled ; postmedial line very tine, finely crenulate, a subterminal irregular line
of dark shading from a white apical spot, three white costal points in front of the
ape.v, termen with fine black points. Secondary uniform greyish brown, slightly
paler at the base.
Expanse : 32 mm.
Hnh. The type is in my collection from the Aroa River ; other specimens in
the Tring Museum from the same locality. The species will come next /. renalis
Moore.
20. Berresa rufa spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax pale reddish brown, abdomen greyish. Primary pale
reddish brown, with an' indistinct curved dark antemedial line across the shining
sex-mark, an obscnre dark median band meeting the dark palely edged postmedial
serrate irregular line about vein 2, where the latter is decidedly incurved ; a dark
irregularly waved subterminal line ; termen with tine creamy points. Secondary
pale brownish grey.
Expanse : 29 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from the Aroa River, where it occurred in
March.
21. Berresa meeki spec. nov.
5. Head and thorax ])ale piidiisli grey, abdomen grey. Primary uniform
j>urplish dull brown, with obscure excurved antemedial and less curved median dark
lines ; postmedial line white, sharply crenulate, a trace of a pale subterminal line ;
costa dotted with white. Secondary sooty grey, very dark at the termen.
Expanse : 23 mm.
Ilab. The type from the Aroa River is in my collection, other specimens in the
Tring Museum from the same locality being taken in March.
22. Thyria aroa ^pec. nov.
6. Head and thorax sejiia brown strongly and finely irrorated with pale greyish
brown ; abdomen yellow with dark dorsal tufts. Primary sepia brown with pale
basal stripe and a patch of pale greenish scales ; antemedial line fine, pale, evenly
excnrved in the fold with a pale costal fine dash to the base of the orbicular, which
( 200 )
is dark and palely encircled ; reniliinu olisciiic wilh ;i {nitcli of |iak' lironzy greenish
rongli scales above and liclow it ; jiDstmcdiu! liin' [lale wuvod and scalloped, a rich
dark broad siibtermiiial hand with three whitish cxtcinal spots by the apex ; teriuen
darkly dotted. Secondary yellow wilh very broad brownish terminal area.
Expanse : 3S mm.
Ilah. Aroa Kiver (March).
Type in Tring Museum.
23. Dissolophus ochraceus spec. uov.
S ■ Head and thorax ochraceous, abdnmen oclircoiis grey. Primary [lale oehreons
grey, with a trace of a dark basal line, an irregular waved autemedial line rising in
a small dark costal patch ; a postmedial pale line gently waved with dark edging
followed by an irregular line of dark shading ; a trace of a snbterminal serrate line ;
termen darkly dotted. Secondary pale greyish brown.
?. Like the male, but the secondary is dark brown witii ochreous fringes.
Expanse : 25 mm.
Ilah. The type is in my collection from the Aroa River, where the species
occurs in February and March. Other specimens are in the Tring Museum from
the same locality. The species will come next 1>. nluensis Btl.,. but the shajie and
position of the antemedial and postmedial lines differ.
24. Elusa dinawa spec. nov.
(J. Head reddish pink ; thorax red with jiinkish chestnut collar ; thorax
ochreous. Primary red, with two whitish yellow spots at the end of the cell, the
lower of which is oval and larger than the uj)per one ; the basal, antemedial,
medial, and postmedial dark grey lines are somewhat irregular ;ind confluent, the
postmedial line being the broadest and suti'ased, and the wing is spotted between
each of the lines with pale yellowish spots, one at the apex being more prominent
than the others ; the termen is dark red, almost crimson red. Secondary pinkish
brown, quite pale towards the base.
Expanse : 30 — 31 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect flics in
September.
25. Elusa iucertans spec. nov.
?. Head and collar jiinkish chestnut; thorax reddish; abdomen brownisii
grey Primary red, with antemedial, medial, and jiostmedial lines of dark grey.
Secondary pinkish brown.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect flies in
Angust ; other specimens in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River.
26. Elusa pratti sjiec. nov.
S . Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen pale brown. Primary brownish
with a very slight reddish tinge ; antemedial and postmedial lines dark grey and
irregular, medial line broader, somewhat indefinite ; a twin white spot at the end
of the cell ; a snbterminal row of dark dots. Secondary uniform jiale brownish.
?. Exactly like the male, except that it is decidedly darker, and has no tinge
of rufous colour.
( 201 )
Ex|iai]se : c? atid ? , 32 — 33 mm.
Jhih. Tlie tyjie is in my collcctinii from Diiiawa ; other sjieoimciis from
Ekeikei. The species flies in September ami in April.
27. Caradrina subpartita spec. nov.
S. Head, tliorax and abdomen cinnamon-brown, finely irrorated witli grey.
Primary cinnamon-brown with fine dark lines ; basal line only discernible on the
costa; antemedial line witli two sharp serrations [irojected inwardly; medial lirn;
broad, indefinite, obli(ine from the costa to the end of cell, then vertical ; postmcdial
line crennlate, followed by a band paler than the gronnd-colour ; snbterminal line
irregnlar ; termen finely dark, interrnpted at tlie veins. Secondary ])aIo whitish
grey, subhyaline darker at the apex.
Jjxpanse : 30 mm.
IJah. The typo is in my collection I'rom the Keliea Range, where it flies in
March and April ; other specimens in the Tring Musenm from the Area River.
This species is near C. paiiita AV^alker ; but the lines differ, especially the
median line in its strong angle.
2s. Caradrina unipunctata spec. nov.
S . Head and thorax dull brown, abdomen slightly darker, legs pale greyish
with dark tarsi palely ringed. Primary narrow, dull brown, very slightly lustrous ;
antemedial line fine, black, irregular and obscure, medial line dark curved outwardly,
postmcdial line very slightly waved then straight to the inner margin, pale
distinct, darkly and obscurely edged on each side, snbterminal line dark waved
palely edged externally, a small dark sjwt above vein 5 between the postmcdial
and subterminal lines, termen very finely darkly dotted. Secondary snbhyaliue
grey.
Expanse : 33 mm.
Ilah. The type from Ekeikei is in my collection.
29. Caradrina funerea spec. nov.
S . Head and thorax dull brown with a tinge of red, abdomen j)aler. Primary
rather narrow, dull slightly reddish brown ; a fine dark antemedial line, a band
of dark shading at the end of the cell from the costa to the inner margin, a small
l)ale ochreous dot at the end of the cell with three whitish points below it jilaced
as it were at the three jioints of the triangle, a very tine dark crennlate post-
medial lino followed by a line of paler shading, a subterminal row of fine irregnlar
dark points, termen very finely jiale. Secondary subhyaline pale grey, except at
the apex and the termen, where it is darker.
Expanse : 30 mm.
llab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range. The species flies
in May and June.
3ii. Caradrina insignifica spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax greyish brown, abdomen paler. Primary greyish brown,
with a dark fine irregnlar antemedial line, a dark medial line of shading produced
forward by the lower margin of the cell, a postmcdial pale line sliglitly curved
outwards, an irregular somewhat serrate subterminal line of dark shading edged
( 202 )
by a paler external line, terminal area ]ialer. Secondary snbhyaline, whitish grey,
darker at ajiex and teriueii. On the niulersnrf;ue of the secondaries, the costa
is ochreous grey finely darkly irrorated ; there is a distinct trace of a iiostmediul
line.
Exjianse : 30 mm.
//«/;. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Ran^e, where the species
flies ill May and Jnne ; other specimens are in the Tring Museum from the Aroa
River.
31. Caradrina gemini sjicc. nov.
S ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey, pal]ii pale grey with a dark brown
spot on the first and lower half of second segment. Primary pale grev, very
finely but sparingly irrorated with dark grey, giving the wing a rongh appearance ;
three dark points on the costa, two near the base, one nearer the apex, all the lines
obsolete, a dark brown twin spot in the postmedial area, divided by vein 4 ; termen
with a distinct dark point at the end of each vein. Secondary nniform pale grey.
Exjianse : 33 mm.
J/ah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
March and April.
32. Caradrina crenulata spec. nov.
(?. Head and thorax ochreous grey, abdomen pale grey, palpi grey with a dark
spot on the first and basal three-fifths of second segment. Primary pale ochreous
grey, with a fine dark antemedial line with three lunulas between the costa and the
lower margin of the cell, a medial grey band of shading receding basewards above
the lower end of the cell with two whitish dots at the base of veins 3 and 4, and
a pale small spot above them, the postmedial line fine, sharply crennlate, the
crennlations ending in a blackish point, terminal area greyish nearly up to the
postmedial line, a dark point between veins 3 and 4, two blackish spots divided
by vein 5, above which are traces of three black spots to the costa; termen slightly
crennlate, very finely dotted with blackish between the veins. Secondary, sub-
hyaline brownish grey, slightly darker at the apex and termen, veins showing dark.
Uudersurface, both wings ranch paler than above, with the postmedial line
marked out by a series of fine distinct blackish dashes right through both wings.
Expanse : 37 — 38 mm.
Ilriij. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
flies in July.
33. Caradrina pratti spec. nov.
(?. Head and thorax greyish brown, abdomen pale grey. Primary greyisli
brown, antemedial dark line waved, jireceded by a broadish band of jiuler groiuid-
colour, medial band of dark shading indefinite and angled by the cell, at the upper
angle of which are two i)ale dots, the lower one being shifted inwards, postmedial
dark line curved, an indefinite waved subterminal lino. Secondary brownish grey,
with a large tuft of dark brown longish hairs on the underside of tlie inner margin ;
the thorax also has a similar heavy lateral tuft below.
Expanse : 31 — 33 mm.
J/aO. The type from Dinawa is in my collection, and was taken in August. I
have a specimen taken in Sej)tember of the same year which is much paler in
colour and has a distinct dark sjiot near the cud of the cell.
( 203 )
ACONTIINAE.
34. Dipthera kebeae ^pei'. nov.
S. Frons pinkish, slightly tiugecl with green, with three horizontal dark
spots ; palpi reddish brown, palely ringed at each segment, end of third segment
pale. Head and thorax pale yellowish green, patagiae darkly tipjied and darkly
spotted behind the collar, tuft darkly tipjiod ; abdomen pale greyish brown with
slight dorsal tnfts darkly tijiped, anal tnf't jjale ; legs dark reddish brown palely
spotted at all the joints, tarsi ])alely ringed. Primaries yellowish green with a
short very dark irregnlar dash from tlic base along the lower margin of the cell,
three dark small costal spots near the base and funr nearer the apex ; between the
two series of spots is a large dark mark extending across the end of the cell,
in front of the apex a short diagonal dark line on the costa ; between veins 4 and (5
are two whitish spots ontwardly edged with dark brown followed by a similar pair
nearer the termen ; between the lower margin of the cell and the turnns is a dark
brown irregnlar mark liisectcd and edged ontwardly with whitish, witli a whitish line
between it and the basal dash ; inner margin darkly dotted. Fringes intersected
greenish and dark brown. Secondaries creamy white, more or less snft'used with
pale pinkish brown for the terminal half.
Undersurlace, both wings creamy white. Primaries snlFnsed with pinkish
brown along the costa and in the medial area, whitish along the inner margin ;
secondaries snfFnsed with pinkish brown broadly along the costa and in the apical
area, with a dark costal patch towards the base and a cnrved dark interrnpted
postmedial band.
Expanse : 39 — 40 mm.
Ifnb. The type is in my collection from the Kcbea IJange ; tlie insect flies
in March and April.
Diptheroides gen. nov.
Palpi nptnrned, first and second segments thickly clothed with longish hair, end
segment moderately long, slightly deflexed ; antennae very minntely ciliated, collar
erect, large ; thorax with large central metathoracic tnft ; abdomen with small
tnfts on proximal segments. Nenration : Primary with vein Obehuv the njiper angle
of cell, 7 anastomosing with lO to i'orm the arcole, which is most minnte, 8 given
oif from 9 near the apex, 9 given olT fmm 10 well beyond the areole. Secondary
normal.
Ty|ie : JUpthcroidcs henricki B-B.
35. Diptheroides kenricki spec. nov.
c?. Head pale greenish bine, jialpi cream-coloured, dark above, collar dark
grey at base with ochreons centre and green tip ; thorax blnish green, with a black
stripe below the collar on the patagia, which arc also tijjpod with black ; meta-
thoracic tuft with black stripe at base and almost bluish tip ; abdomen creamy
grey, with green dorsal spot next to thorax lollowed by two black spots and another
black spot on anal segment. Primary blnish green, with a black costal jiatch
at base, followed by a white dash, another larger black costal patch and another
short white dash ; subbasal blacdc line irregnlar and interrnpted, the median black
line rising in a large black costal patch forms a black spot at the end of the cell and
recedes beneath it, whence it is irrcgiihir and has a second Mack interrupted line
( 204 )
rather nearer the base below the cell ; the postraodiiil liiif fine, rising in a small
black cdstal spot, is irregular anil follows ronglily a similar course to tlie tni'(li;in
line ; the subtern)inal line, edged externally with white and rising in a black
triangular costal patch in whicli are two white points, is irregular with an indefinite
black dash to the terinen above vein •> and on vein 2. Between the costa and the
cell tlie gnmnd-colour is whitish ; there is a white spot on the interior of the
black spot at the end of the cell. Tcrnien black to vein 7. Fringes green,
intersected with black. .Secondary darkish grey, broadly yellowish cream-colour
along the inner margin and at the base.
?. Like the male, but the colour is a delicate lavender blue shaded slightlv
with greenish in the median and terminal areas, with all the black lines sliar[icT
in outline.
Expanse : cf 47 mm. : ? 40 — .M) mm.
//(id. The type is in my collection tVom Ihiunva, and was talcen in August ;
another specimen from Kkeikei was cajitured in .binuary or Felniiary : other
specimens are in the Tring Museum from the Aroa Uiver.
30. Diptlieroides serrata spec. nov.
c7. Frons ochreous, caput lavender-colour, collar ochreous at base, then broadly
ilark grey edge.l with greenish grey, with the extreme tip lavender-grey ; thorax
lavender-grey, jiatagiae tipped with ochreous grey, tuft tijiped in the centre with
reddish o<-hreous ; abdomen creamy ochreous, with a recldish proximal small dorsal
tuft followed by a darker one, central segments bandcil with black. Primary didl
grevish lavender-colour, with a basal costal black jiatch enclosing a small lavcndci'
sjiot ; subbasal line irregular, rising in a large black costal dash; aiitemedial,
medial, ]Histmedial and suhterminal Hues line, very frcipiently and strongly serrated,
the antemedial line being interrupted in the cell, the snbterminal rising in a large
black costal patch and being followed by a row of spear-point marks, the one
at the tornus being heavy, teimen finely black. In the cell is a small round
wliitish spot, cell closed by a thick black line which is edged internally by a double
whitish spot. The large black patch in which the snbterminal line rises e.xtends
obliquely to the termen, thus enclosing an oval ajiical lavender-grey ])atch. Fringe
lavender-grey intersected with black. Secondary dark grey, with base and inner
margin ]iale ochreous.
Expanse : 47 — 48 mm.
/f/i/j. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where tlie insect (lies in
August ; other specimens are in the Tring Bluseum from the Aroa River.
Lasiosceles gen. nov.
Paljii upturned, second segment rea<'hing nearly to the vertex thickly scalecl, third
segnu'iit long and smooth; antennae minutely <;iliate ; jiroboscis fully develojied ;
thorax tufted, both jiro- and metathorax ; abdomen with long proximal tuft ; legs
spined, femora thickly clothed with long hair, tiliia.e clothed with long hair, with a
lai'ge expanding tuft on the tibial joints of both the mid- and hindlegs, whose tarsi
are also finely spined. Neuration : Primary, vein \i from the lower angle, 4 and •)
from (dose to the lower angle, 0 from immediately below the njiper angle, 7 from
off 8 at the end of the areole which anastomoses with 9, which is given oil l(i to
form the areole. Secondary, veins 3 and 4 from the lower angle, Ti from near the
( ^l>5 )
middle of tlie discocellnlars, 6 and 7 from the u|i|i('r angle. AViurjs: rosfa nearly
straight, depressed at the ajjex ; apex acute, teniieii very sliglitly exeavateil to
vein 5, prodiieed outwards at 4 to form a slight angle from whence it recedes ni]iiilly
to the tornus ; wing broad, secondaries comparatively small, terraen evenly rounded
to vein 2, where there is a slight angle. Tcrmen of both wings slightly crennlate.
Type : Lasiosceles pt-atti B-B.
:37. Lasiosceles pratti spec. nov.
6. Head and thorax red-brown lined witji white; the collar has two lines
right across, and is tipped with white ; the jiatagiae are edged with white, and have a
central white line; abdomen orange-yellow, proximal tuft dark red-brown. Primary
reddish browvi, with the space below the coll ])ale ochreons greyish ; all the veins
are white, very ])rorainently so beyond tlie cell, the three main veins being pale
ochreons greyish uj) to that point : the basal C(diular and costal area is tesselated
with white lines; below the cell tlu're is a short deep red dash edged with white,
followed by a curved white streak edged with deej) reddish ; the renifomi is edged
with white, its internal edge being a broudish sfraiglit white dash; above it is a
short costal streak ; jiostmedial line curved broadly white, snliterminal line straight
oblique, broadly white from the apex well beyond the tornus ; termen finely wiiite,
between this and the obli(jue stripe there is a dentate white line from vein 5 to the
tornus. Secondary jiale orange-brown, the base almost yellowish orange.
¥. Like the male, bnt the secondaries are darker.
Expanse : cj 44, ? 4(5 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection. The species occurs at Ekeikei an<l tin-
Kebea Range in March and April, and in duly.
Reticulana gen. nov.
Palpi with second joint heavily scaled, long, reaching above the vertex, third
joint long, smooth; antennae minutely and finely ciliate in both sexes; all the
legs thickly scaled to the end of the tibiae ; head with short projecting tufts from
the base of the antennae ; collar with a high erect tuft ; abdomen tufted on the
proximal segment. Neuration : Primary with vein 2 from the basal side of the centre
of cell, 3 and 4 below the angle, o from the angle, 0 from below the upper angle,
7 from 8 at the end of the areole ; 8 and 9 stalked, given oif from 10 by a bar to
form the areole; 11 from basal side of the centre of cell. Secondary with 3 and 4
from the angle, 5 from just below the centre, C and 7 from the angle. Costa
straight, slightly dei)ressed at apex ; termen receding very gradually to the tornus.
Type : Rdicidana, costiliitca B.-B.
38. Reticulana costilinea spec. nov.
c??. Head blackish brown, with white tufts from the antennae; thorax
blackish brown, collar and patagiae edged broadly with whitish grey; mctathoracic
tuft small, edged with grey; abdomen dark greyisii, with jiroximal tuft on dorsum.
Primary dark grey, costa blackish with a series of short oblique whitish daslies,
a small snbbasal blackish spot ringed with whitish grey, a blackish very irregular
median oblique area edged and invaded by whitish grey lines, a posterior series of
blackish spots interrupted by the vein-space of vein 2, edged with whitish grey,
a snbterminal smaller series, and a complete terminal series of similar spots :
( 206 )
termen whitish crennlate. Secondary dark greyish lirown, with a short darkish
terminal dash above the tornns and a short white dash from the termen between
veins 1« and 2.
Expanse : 44 mm.
Ilah. Ekeikei, March; Babonni and Dinawa, September; Aroa River. Type
in my collection ; other specimens in the Tring Museum.
:^0. Perciana bistrigata sjiec. nov.
S. Head and thorax pale pinkish brown, patagiae dark purplish brown,
abdomen greyish with dark pnrplish dorsal tufts. Primary pale pinkish brown,
with antemedial and postmedial creamy lines, the former curved and very o])lique,
the latter erect, enclosing an area of dark purjilish brown below the cell ; the
postmedial is excurved and very tine above the lower angle of the cell, a dark
band of shading in the postmedial area. Secondary uniform brownish.
Expanse : 3U mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, and was captured in September.
41 L Perciana meeki si)ec. nov.
i. Head and thorax dark ijnr]ilish lirown, abdomen greyish. Primary pnrplish
brown, with a nearly erect antemedial line and an incurved medial creamy line,
enclosing a dark area below the cell between them ; a trace of a postmedial creamy
line in the costal area, with a broad stripe of very dark jmrplish beyond it ; termen
irrorated with pale lilac. Secondary darkish brown.
Exj)anse : 38 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Owgarra.
Vittappressa gen. nov.
Pali>i upturned, thickly scaled ; first segment with longish liairs, second
segment somewhat thickened at the end, third segment small, reaching beyond
the vertex of the head ; antennae of c? finely ciliated ; thorax with a short
metalhoracic tuft; abdomen tufted on second segment.
Nenration : with vein 0 from below the angle of the cell, 7 given off from 8,
which anastamoses with 9, which is given off from 10 to form the areole, beyond
which 1(1 is ajipressed to 9 to form a spurious areole beyond, whilst 11 is appressed
on to tlie areole j)roper and forms a spurious areole above the cell, lying touching
vein lo to the end of the false areole nearer the apex. Secondary with 3 and 4 on
a very short stalk, .') from just below the centre of the discocellnlara, G and 7 from
the angle of the cell.
Type: \'il/'/ppr/'.i.m riijij/liu/a. R-l?.
This genus is allied to J'rrc/<i»a AVlk.
41. Vittappressa rufiplaga spec. nov.
S. Frons pale grey ; vertex reddish, thorax pale grey with small tnft
reddish ; abdomen jiale grey with red tnft, and a reddish dorsal patch on
segments 5 to 7. Primary pale whitish grey, with two dark jwints on the costa
before the centre and beyond it, three fine costal dashes in front of the apex; a small
reddish dash closes the cell ; beyond the dark postmedial line from vein (i the
outer part of tlie wing is reddish brown, with a grey patch at the tornns and in
( 207 )
the middle of the termeu ; snbterminal pale line creniilate, somewhat indistinct.
iSecoudar}' pale whitish grey, with a red-brown irregular patch on the inner margin
extending ohliquely upwards with an ochreons short stripe near its inner margin ; a
trace of a white medial crenulate line, with slight darker shading beyond it, margin
dotted with red. Termen and fringes of both wings crenulate.
9 . Similar to the male in all i)articulars.
E.xpanse : <? 32, ? 34 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect flies in
September.
42. Borbotana kebeae spec. nov.
c?. Head, antennae and thorax reddish nmber-brown, abdomen pale ochreons
grey, dorsal tufts tipped with reddish brown. Primaries dark somewhat lustrous
brown, with a broadish creamy white basal stripe, with a prominent projection on
the outer margin below the cell and a very slight one above the cell, a postmedial
oblique rather irregular narrow whitish stripe very finely intersected in the centre ;
bej'ond this the ground-colour is jialer with a very irregular outer edge, bej'ond
which it is quite dark to the termen, which is spotted with blackish between the
veins ; between the white postmedial stripe and the apex are three fine white points
on the costa followed by a short white very fine W-shaped mark, an obscure dark
dot at the end of the cell. Secondaries whitish with brownish costa and termen,
which latter tapers rapidly to the tornns. Undersurface : Primaries somewhat
lustrous brown with a whitish dash at the upper angle of the cell but beyond it ;
secondaries whitish, densely irrorated with reddish brown along the costa and
the termen t'aj)ering rapidly to the tornns ; in front of the apex there is a distinct
dentate short line on the costa with a trace of a continuation towards the inner
margin.
? . Just like the male, only more mottled in the brown colour of the
primaries.
Expanse : c? 31 mm., ? 33 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range ; it flics in March
and April ; other specimens from Ekeikei.
This is no doubt a local race of B. nicifascia Walker, but all the New
Guinea specimens are uniform in their narrow, almost even, postmedial line.
43. Borbotana ekeikei spec. nov.
? . Head, thorax, antennae and palpi reddish brown, abdomen pale brownish
grey. Primary very dark brown for the basal half, with a very broad whitish
antemedial band slightly curved on its inner margin, but with two projected blnnt
dentate marks on its outer margin, the one at the lower margin of the cell being
much the larger ; the dark area is n:argined by a fine white line, with a sharp
toothlikc projection at the end of the cell inclosing a small whitish spot ; posterior
half of the wing very pale pinkish brown, darker towards the termen, with an
oblique short reddish brown dash from the apex. Secondary pale reddish brown,
becoming whitish towards the base. Undersurface : Primary uniform lustrous
pinkish brown ; secondary as above, but with a postmedial dark line. .
Expanse : 28 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei. This insect flies in March
and April,
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44. Borbotana dinawa spec. nov.
(?. Head, thorax, antennae and palpi blackish brown, abdomen pale lirowu
with dark dorsal tufts. Primary very dark blackish brown, with a paler dash below
the costa at the end of the cell, and the terminal area paler, termeu narrowly very
dark ; from the base of the costa a white-toothed very oblique dash extends to
the lower margin of the cell about halfway along, and is slightly toothed at the
costa, on the outside more strongly before its centre and yet more strongly at
its lower extremity where it is broadest ; at the ujiper end of the cell is another
dash almost hook-shaped at its inner end ; secondary whitish, dark towards the
termen.
Expanse : 27—28 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collci'tion from Dinawa, and the species tlies in
September.
45. Tarache kebeae spec. nov.
cj. Head white, collar white liuely divided in the centre with black and with
a broad central black tip, thorax white, patagiae with a black lateral dash, abdomen
grey, almost black l)elow with a white abdominal patch ; legs blackish, a white
spot at the femoral and tibial joints. Primary white with a short basal black
dash in the cell, a subbasal black point on the costa followed by a black wedge-
shaped spot beyond which is a large irregular wedge-shaped black patch, with
a small s(inarish spot beyond it, followed by a black point, an apical black patch,
touching a black spot on the termen, a black ])atch at the tornns, and a black
wedge-shaped patch nearer the base with a small black spot between the two.
Secondary blackish grey, whitish on the inner margin and at the Itase, fringe
whitish except in the apical area, where it is blackish. Undersurface, both wings
sooty black. Primary with a white costal spot before the apex, and on the termen
below the apex and above the tornus ; secondary, innermarginal and basal areas
whitish.
Expanse : 32 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the insect
flies in March and April.
4(i. Bagada dinawa spec. nov.
S. Head and thm-ax pale ochreous grey darkly irrorated, abdomen lirownish.
Primary pale ochreous grey, irrorated in parts with darker pinkish grey ; the
autemedial, medial and postmedial lines are present in the costal area, but are not
continued below the cell ; a large dark pinkish grey patch occupies the end of the
cell and beyond the cell, in which the reuiform stigma shows as an orange spot,
and the orbicular stigma precedes it and is i)alely encircled, a darkish dash from
the apex to the dark patch. A subterminal serrated grey line is obscurely
discernible at the end of the patch previously mentioned, three dark dots above
the tornus. Secondary pinkish grey, with a darker termen and a pale costa.
Undersurface : Primary pinkish, with a dark subcostal stripe and a darkly
spotted postmedial line, terminal area grey. Secondary greyish, darkly irrorated
in parts with an irregular dark postmedial line.
Expanse : 28 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect flies in
August. The species will come next to B. spicea Guen,
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47. Bagada fuscostrigata spec. nnv.
(?. Head and pal{)i reddish lirown, collar grey, patagiae reddish, abdomen
brownish grey. Primary reddish with the inner margin slate grey, an obli(jue
dark grey stripe from just below the apex to the middle of the inner margin,
outside which the ground colour is greyish, the termen between veins 3 and 6
being paler ; the red area has a mottled appearance, the orbicular and reniform
stigmata being pale with a paler spot below the latter, whilst above them on the
costa is an indefinite patch of grey, and a pale spot at the apex. Secondary uniform
dark grey.
Expanse : 42 mm.
Hah. The t3-pe is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies in March
and April. The species will come next to B. lignigera Walker.
48. Bagada incertissima spec. uov.
$. Frons pale ochreous mixed with pink, head reddish mixed with pale
greenish scales, collar reddish with two grey lines across, thorax reddish ochreous
with greenish patagiae, abdomen pinkish brown with an ochreous extremity.
Primary chestnut brown with a pale snbbasal patch below the cell, below which
is a dark dash followed by a pale dash on the inner margin ; near the centre of the
costa are three short dark broad lines to the cell ; posterior half of wing darkly
blotched, with the orbicular and reniform stigmata more or less distinct, with a
creamy white narrow quadrate spot emitted just beyond the latter ; posterior line
dark and dentate, followed by a broader pinkish line ; tornns to middle of inner
margin and termen green ; termen above the centre paler, tinged with green ; on
the costa above the whitish quadrate mark is a pale patch. Secondary uniform
brown with a slight lustre.
Undersurface : Primary brown, costa paler, inner margin quite pale ; a
trace of a postmedial dark line, followed by a paler one ; a distinct creamy
subterminal dentate line. Secondary pale, with an interrnpted dark postmedial
line, beyond which the wing is rather darker, with a pale termen darkly spotted ;
a dark spot at the end of the cell.
? . Like the male, but darker, with the exception that in the primaries the
pale ochreous parts in the male are green in the female, and the green parts of
the male are ochreous in the female.
Expanse : S and ? 38—40 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei. Its general time of flight is
in March and April ; but I have specimens taken in January and also in Jnly.
Other specimens are in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River.
This species is most variable, scarcely two specimens being alike. I have
specimens quite dark all over, with dark green patches as described and a large pale
apical patch. Again, others are strongly suffused with green, and have an almost
black apical patch. I have a male which is pale ochreous with no green at all, the
only constant mark apjiarently being the small whitish ijuadrate spot just beyond
the reniform stigma ; this appears in all the specimens that we have received.
49. Bagada nigrostrigata spec. nov.
$. Head and thorax ochreous, patagiae tinged with pink, collar broadly
edged with dark brown, abdomen ochreous grey. Primary pale ochreous, tinged
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with jiinkish in jiarts ; basal lino very obscure, almost obsolescent, except across
cell ; a double antemedial interrajited line, curved and waved, the outer line darker
than the inner ; reniforra stigma jmle greenish, above it a dark costal jiatch with
a blackish s])ot in front of the upper part of the reniform ; jiostmedial line iuter-
rn]ited, serrate ; termen slightly fuscous to this line ; snbterminal line distinct,
waved and irregular with a pale exterior edging ; a blackish dash between
veins 3 and 4 from the reniforra stigma to the termen ; fringes darkly dotted at
their extremities. Secondary pale brownish.
Expanse : 38 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa.
5ii. Xanthoptera dinawa spec. nov.
(?. Head and thorax ochreous grey, abdomen darker grey. Priniary ochreons
grey, finely irrorated with blackish scales; basal, antemedial and medial lines suflFused,
interrupted and angled about the cell ; postmedial suffused for the costal ]iart and
angled on vein 7, from which it recedes to the inner margin in a double line
and is crenulate ; a dark grey subapical patch ; a dark grey snbterminal spot below
vein 3 ; termen darkly dotted. Secondary pink, with a dark spot closing the cell ;
a dark postmedial line ; termen broadly dark grey ; fringes to both wings ochreous.
?. Similar to the male, but paler.
Expanse : S 29—32 mm.; ? 36—37 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species fly in
August and September.
.51. Cosmia inconspicua spec. nov.
Head and prothorax greyish white tinged with pink, patagiae ochreous grey,
abdomen pale brownish ochreons, legs grey, tarsi ringed with white. Primary
ochreous pale grey, sparingly irrorated with dark grey, with a dark medial and
postmedial line projected outwards in the cellular area, the interspace being darkly
filled in ; an obscure grey serrated snbterminal line ; the terminal area brownish
ochreons, with a broad dash of the same colour between veins 5 and 7 into the
postmedial line ; termen finely darkly dotted ; fringes tipped with grey ; an obscure
grey spot on the costa before the apex. Secondary pale subhyaliuc greyish,
ochreons near the termen.
Expanse : 32 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies m
March and April.
52. Acontia aroa sj)ec. nov.
i. Head and thorax very pale canary-yellow, the latter with a red fawn-rolour
central stripe ; abdomen yellowish grey. Primary pale canary-yellow, with a
reddish fawn-colour central stripe expanding gradually from the base into the apex,
and nearly into the tornus at the termen ; a slight shading of the same colour along
the inner margin. Secondary yellowish cream-colour.
Expanse : 46 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from the Aroa Kiver. It will come nest to
A. emboloscia, but it entirely lacks all transverse lines.
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53. Zalissa ekeikei spec. nov.
(J. Head pinkish buff, cullar purplish red-brown with a central triauguhxr
jiatch of pale cinnamon-brown, thorax pale cinnamon-brown with pale whitish
grey patagiae mottled with chocolate-brown, abdomen yellowish. Primary warm
ciunamon-brown with a fine pale costa, inner margin broadly purplish brown,
irrorated with whitish, with a pnre white internal line extending round the tornus
in a small angle, termea broadly purplish, confluent with the inner margin, the
terminal area being pale, irrorated with whitish (but to a less extent than the inner
margin), and margined internally by a curved dark purplish line, which is again
edged internally by a broader and darker stripe of the same colour, having an
almost straight internal border ; termeu finely dark. Secondary yellow with a
dark brown termen very broad at the apex, tapering narrowly to the toruus,
where are two short waved pale lines. Fringes white for the apical half, dark
below vein 3.
Expanse : 44 mm.
Ilab. Ekeikei, where the species flies in March and April ; we have it also
from other localities. ,
The type is in my collection.
54. Zalissa kebeensis spec. nov.
S . Differs from B. ekeikei in that the primary is pink above the cell, gradually
toning down into a pale yellowish olive ; the borders are similar to the previous
species, but darker. The secondary is yellow with the termen broadly brown from
vein (5, increasing in width slightly at the tornus. The underside is uniformly pale
yellow in both wings with only a narrow darkish termen, but having none of the
dark pattern of ekeikei.
Expanse : 45 mm.
JIab. Kebea Range, Aroa River, February and March.
Type in my collection ; other specimens in the Triug Museum.
55. Rivula aroa spec. nov.
<?. Head and collar whitish, thorax tinged with grey, abdomen ochreous grey.
Primary ochreons grey, with antemedial and postmedial pale lines excurved at the
cell, reniform dark spotted with black, subterminal line dotted, terminal area
darkish, termen preceded by a fine whitish line, Costa finely dark, with three
whitish points before the apex. Secondary greyish, darker near the termen.
Expanse : 20 mm.
Hab. The type is in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River, where it was
captured in March.
The species comes near li. ommatopis Hpsn.
56. Rivula meeki spec. nov.
(?. Head and collar sepia brown, thorax lavender grey, abdomen grey. Primary,
base very restricted greyish, a large median sepia-brown patch with a lavender
centre ; this patch does not extend over the cell ; a small sepia-brown costal patch
with lavender-grey edging precedes the large patch ; postmedial and subterminal
whitish irregular linos enclosing a lavender-grev band ; subapical area with dark
dashes ; termen with dark dashes edged internally with white. Secondary greyish.
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Expanse : 20 mm.
Ilah. The type is in my collection from the Aroa River ; other specimens are
in the Tring Mnsenm from the same locality in March.
57. Tathodelta aroensis spec. uov.
$. Head, thorax and abdomen pale lilac brown. Primary pale lilac brown,
with olive-brown bands and lines ; an irregular autemedian and median Hue, the
latter broadly edged externally with a band of slightly paler olive brown. Position
of reniform marked by two small blackish spots ; a darkish irregnlar snbterrainal
Daud of shading ; termen broadly olive brown. Secondary pale greyish.
Expanse : 26 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, March.
Type in the Tring Museum.
Eublemmoides gen. nov.
Palpi upturned, thickly clothed with long hair ; third segment minute, reaching
above vertex of head ; antennae minutely ciliate. Legs short, stout, with tufts of
long hair on tibiae, and to a less extent on tarsi of the hind pair ; both mid- and
hiudtibiae with two pair of spurs. Wings : costa of primary depressed before apex,
which is strongly excised below, making it almost falcate, produced into a point
between veins 3 and 4, and again excised slightly to the tornns. Secondary
angular, with costa nearly straight, termen rapidly receding to tornus. Neuration :
Primary, veins 6 and 7 from the angle ; 8, 9 and 10 stalked from in front of the
angle. Secondary with cell very short, not more than a (juarter of the wing; veins
3 and 4 on a short stalk, 5 from below the centre, 0 and 7 from the augle.
Type : Eublemmoides dinawa B-B.
58. Eublemmoides dinawa spec. nov.
S. Head and collar dark red-brown ; thorax and alidomeu whitish grey.
Primary ochreons grey for the basal half of the wing margined by the medial line,
which is darkly dotted, obliquely produced externally to beyond the cell, whence it
recedes in an angle to the inner margin ; a trace of a snbbasal line below the costa ;
outer half of wing darker grey, with a brown fine postmedial line followed by a row
of whitish i>oints, and a band of yellowish brown shading. Secondary whitish grey,
slightly darker towards the termen, with termen rather broadly yellowish brown.
Both wings are finely but sparsely irrorated with dark scales.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in the
mouth of August.
This genus appears to be most nearly allied to Hampsou's Section 111. of
Eublemma Hb.
50. Magulaba nigra si)ec. nov.
<J. Head, thorax, and both wings dark slaty grey, with an interruiitod dark
subbasal line ; a blackish jiostmedial line excurvcd beyond the cell, internipU'd by
the paler veins ; reniform darkly outlined, a subterminid irregular line of darkish
sliadiug ; termen with fine dark points. Secondary witli a dark jwstujedial line,
( ai3 )
with a paler external edging, beyond wliicli is a short similar line in the tornal area
only.
Expanse : 'M mm.
Ilab. Aroa River, March.
Type in ray collection ; other specimens are iu the Tring Museum.
60. Zagira bicolora spec. nov.
c?. Head and collar dark grey, thorax creamy white, abdomen grey. Primary
with a broad creamy white costal stripe ; the rest of the wing dark grey, in which
is a postmedial waved whitish line, edged internally by a dark line ; a trace of a dark
snbterminal line ; both tliese lines are carried through the secondaries. Secondary
with very restricted whitish base, the rest of the wing being dark grey.
Expanse : 21 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from the Aroa River, where it occurred in
March ; other specimens are in the Tring Museum from the same localit)'. Two of
the Tring specimens differ somewhat from my type ; in one the costal stripe is
snow-white, and in the other almost rusty white.
*>1. Zagira pratti spec. nov.
c?. Differs from bicolora in that the postmedial line is broadly white, with a
fine dark central line in it ; the subterminal line is pale, projected forwards on
vein 4, and slightly curved inwardly above and below it ; the shape of the secondaries
is much more angular.
Expanse : 21 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it occurred in August.
G2. Corgatha bipunctata spec. nov.
¥ . Head dark grey with a few pink scales intermixed, thorax jjinkish
ochreous pale brown, abdomen pinkish ochreous pale brown with the anal half
blackish on the dorsum. Primary pinkish ochreons pale brown, with the costa
blackish for the basal half and two white costal spots near the centre ; three black
points from the first white costal spot marking the course of the absent antemedial
line ; a trace of the medial line from the second white spot ; a trace of the
postmedial line in a'series of black points with white externals, the two points near
the inner margin being larger and suffused ; three black terminal dots below the
apex with a blackish grey internal suffusion ; below the apical dots are four black
terminal points on the veins. Secondary similar in colonr to the primary, with au
antemedial dotted line and a jwstmedial dotted line, as also a dotted termen as iu
the primary ; a strong blackish snflfusion in the tornal area, developing mainly
in two serrated short innermarginal lines.
Expanse : 29 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September.
63. Corgatha pulchra spec. nov.
cj. Head and thorax lavender grey, abdomen brownish. Primary with base
pale lavender grey, with a double dark antemedial line filled in with lavender grey;
the outer line is waved below the cell ; median area bright orange-red, edged
externally by au irregular double postmedial line, the inner line of which is blackish
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aud tbe outer serrate and dark ; this is followed by an irregular indefinite area of
bright orange-red ; subtermiual line irregular, with a large apical lavender-grey
patch edged darkly internally ; below this the tornus is duller reddish. Secondary
orange-brown with double medial and iiostuiodial lines, which are irregularly
waved ; termen crennlate with fine dark points.
Expanse : 22 mm.
Ilab. Aroa River, March.
Type in my collection. Other specimens in Triug Museum.
The Tring Museum has one specimen which is quite dull purplish in tone of
colour.
04. Corgatha albolineata spec. nov.
?. Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown, the former irrorated with
grey ; both wings chocolate-brown. Primary, base with a short white dash ;
antemedial dark line with pale grey indefinite margins ; postmedial pale line waved,
irregular ; an oblique white line from the inner margin near base to upper margin of
cell and continued along vein 7 ; veins 8 and 9 outlined with whitish grey, a white
spot in the cell crossing the white line, a white curved line from the costa enclosing
a mottled apical patch, at the top and bottom of which is a white spot ; from the
lower edge of the white curved line the subterminal pale serrate line descends to
near the tornus ; termen dotted with black, costa dotted with white, cilia tesselated
with cream below the apex. Secondary with restricted white base ; a black
dot in the cell ; medial and subterminal pale lines waved and irregular ; termen
with a row of fine black points edged internally with fine white points just in front
of it ; inner margin creamy white.
Expanse : 20 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, Januar}'.
Type in the Tring Museum.
This species will come next to C. pltujiostola Hpsn.
0.5. Corgatha mediopallens spec. nov.
c?. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale pinkish grey with a central ])rothoracic spot
of rusty reddish ; abdomen rusty reddish on tlie proximal segment. Both wings
pale slaty-grey. Primary mottled with rusty reddish, edged by a dark line ;
reniform dark with a dark angled dash to the costa ; postmedial line indi.stinct,
incurved on the fold ; a rusty-reddish patch at this jioint and a large rustv-reddish
patch iu front of the apex, with an irregular white subapical curved line ; termen
darkly dotted. Secondary with an obscure trace of a medial and jrastmedial line ;
termen with fine dark points.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, March.
Type in the Triug Museum.
0(1. Corgatha nigropunctata spec. nov.
cj. Head and thorax pale umber-brown. Hoth wings ])ale und)er-brown ; a
trace of an antemedial, medial, and jiostmedial line, the two latter excurved over
the cell ; one or two blackish basal points ; a black spot in the cell ; subterminal
indistinct line, rising from a white waved short costal stri[)e ; teruien with line
(215)
black jmints. Secondary with the Hues as in primary, carried tlirongh, and the
termen with fine black points.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Hab. Area River, February.
Type in the Tring Mnseiim.
67. Oruza dinawa spec. nov.
S- Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings pale reddish brown. Primary
with a broad inwardly obliqne dark purplish brown stripe, beyond which is the
irregular fine snbterminal darkish line ; termen angled between veins 3 and 4.
Secondary like the primary, but th(; bniwu broad line is slightly outwardly
oblique.
Expanse : 31 mm.
Hab. Dinawa, August.
Type in my collection.
68. Oruza aroa spec. nov.
i. Head, .thorax, and abdomen dull reddish brown; collar very pale, pinkish
ochreous grey. Both wings dull reddish brown, with an obliipie dark strijie carried
through both wings. Primary with a trace of a waved irregular fine dark line,
which is scarcely perceptible in the secondary.
Ex])anse : 26 mm.
Hub. Aroa River, March.
Type in my collection ; also specimens iu the Tring Museum.
69. Oruza variegata spec. nov.
c?. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, densely covered with purjjlish pink.
Both wings yellow ochre, densely irrorated all over with purplish red, except in
the primary ; a subtriangular costal patch over the cell and a large apical patch ;
an antemedial fine line, a medial oblique broad darker stripe, a postmedial fine
serrate line. Secondary with basal ochreous, a broad medial darker stripe followed
by an inuermarginal ochreous patch, a reddish irregular postmedial line edged
externally with ochreous ; an ochreous tornal area.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Hab. Dinawa, August ; Aroa River, January.
Type iu my collection ; also specimens iu the Tring Museum.
TO. Oruza unipunctata spec. nov.
cJ. Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wiugs pale pinkish. Primary with
slightly waved antemedial and postmedial oclireous lines; reniform rusty reddish
brown. Secondary with a waved postmedial ochreous line ; a dark spot in the cell.
Expanse : 22 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, February.
Type iu the Tring Museum.
Tl. Phanaspa ochracea spec. uov.
?. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous grey. Both wings ochraceous.
Piimary witli a fine dark antemedial line, a median dark obscure cloudy band,
a tine crenulate dark postmedial line ; subtermiual line pale irregular dentate.
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indefinitel.v edged laterally uu each side with dark grey, with a small ajjical dark
patch ; termeu with black dot. Secondary with greyish base, a dark dot iu the
cell, a crenulatc waved dark postmedial line ; termen very broadly darkish grey,
with a pale creniilate line in it ; termeu with black dots.
Expanse : ',W mm.
J/ab. Dinawa, September ; Aroa l?iver, Febrnary.
Type in my collection ; also specimens in the Tring Mnseum.
72. Phanaspa rubra spec. uov.
cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen pinkish ochreous. Primary pinkish ochreons,
with a trace of a basal dark line ; an irregular fine dark antemedial and medial
line, an obscure postmedial line terminating iu a blackish spot above the tornns, an
obscure subterminal line ; termen with fine black points ; a black dot in the cell.
Secondary pinkish, with obscure medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines ; termen
crenulate, with fine black points.
Expanse : 22 mm.
Had. Aroa River, February.
Type in the Tring Museum.
This species will come next to P. usttila Hpsn.
73. Phanaspa punctata spec. nov.
c?. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish. Both wings i)ale ochreous greyish,
with the lines marked out by blackish dots ; two submediau blackish dots iu the
cell, two blackish dots at the end of the cell ; a curved line of postmedial dots
incurved on the fold ; an interrupted row of subterminal dots ; termen dotted.
Secondary with median, postmedian, and terminal row of dots.
Expanse : 31 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, January.
Type iu the Tring Museum.
74. Phanaspa dinawa spec. nov.
(J. Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings Very pale cinnamon-brown.
Primary with a trace of a jiale subbasal line ; postmedial line obscure, pale, crenulate,
excurved at the cell ; between it and the very irregular subterminal line is another
indefinite i)ale serrate line ; subterminal line darkly edged, and with a dark patch
at the inner margin ; one or two dark jioiuts in the cell; termen with blackish dots.
Secondary with two dark points across the cell ; a pale medial dentate line, followed
by an indefinite similar line ; postmedial pale line crenulate ; termen with dark
points ; on the inner margin above the tornus are three dark chocolate sjiots.
Expanse : 28 mm.
IJab. Dinawa, August ; Aroa River, January.
The type is in my collection ; other specimens in the Tring Museum.
7.5. Pseudacidalia unilineata s]iec. nov.
S. Thorax, abdomen, and Ijoth wings pale dull cinnamon-brown. Primary
with a tine outwardly obliipie antemedial dark obliiine line, a broad inwardly
oblique dark postmedial line jialely edged externally ; termeu with fine black
points ; cell with a dark point. Secondary exactly like the jirimary, but witliout
( 217 -.)
the antemedial Hue and with a small oeliraceous patch from the ohlicine line
by the cell.
Expanse : 25 ram.
Hab. Aroa River, January.
Type in the Tring Museum.
The species will come next P. albicosfa Moore.
76. Microeschus parva spec. nov.
(?. Both wings creamy whitish. Primary with traces of antemedial and
postmedial lines, the latter being fairly distinct ; reniform darkly edged internally
with a dark costal dash over it ; termen dark. Secondary with traces of antemedial
and postmedial lines ; termen dark.
Expanse : 12 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, January.
Type in the Tring Museum.
PALINDIINAE.
77. Dinumma hades spec. nov.
S ■ Head, jialpi, and thorax dark brown ; abdomen greyish, with dark brown
tufts on the dorsum. Primary dark brown, with a slightly paler antemedial,
strongly dentate line having a fine dark linear outer edging ; postmedial line
excurved slightly crenulate ; a trace of a hue pale grey subterminal line; a fine
terminal series of blackish short Inuular linos in the vein interspaces. Secoudary
uniform greyish brown, with a pale bmad band across the medial part of the cell
which is interrupted by the veins.
Expanse : 31 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species flies from
May to July ; other specimens in the Tring Museum.
78. Dinumma mediobrunnea sp. nov.
?. Head and thorax chocolate-brown finely irrorated with greyish, abdomen
greyish with choci date-brown dorsal tufts. Primary with basal area pale greyish,
a very small purjilish brown basal costal patch, antemedial line waved irregularly,
postmedial line pale tortuous, the area between these lines uniformly dark purplish
brown ; following the jiostmedial line is a band of pale reddish chestnut, beyond
which the area is paler lilac brown with a dash of reddish above the two deep
black spots below the apex and above the tornns near the termen ; a pale spot
edges the former spot below ; subterminal line pale and crenulate; in front of the
termen is a row of silvery white spots, termen finely pale. Secondary greyish
brown, slightly paler basewards.
Expanse : 32 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies in July.
70. Callyna biplagiata spec. nov.
c?. Head and collar deep chocolate-brown, the latter finely tipped with lilac-
brown, thorax lilac-brown, abdomen brown. Primary pale lilac-brown with an
irregular subbasal costal patch, extending just below the cell, and a large costal
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patch from the end of the cell nearly to the apex of deep chocolate-brown ; the
latter has an evenly carved interior margin, and both are palely edged ; the ante-
medial line forms the onter edge of the dark subbasal j)atch, and is projected forwards
to the inner margin; tlie medial line consists of au indefinite band, somewhat cnrved,
of darker brown ; the ])OStmedial line consists of the margin to the large costal
jiatch nearly to its middle, when it descends perpendicularly to the inner margin ;
three dark spots edged externally with whitish are below the outer edge of the
large patch ; the orbicnlar and reniform stigmata are edged with whitish ; there is
a small white ajiical patch ; fringes white i)y this patch, brown below it.
Secondary uniform dark brown, slightly paler from the end of the cell up to
the costa.
Expanse : 43 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
January and February.
80. Callyna fuscantaria spec. nov.
(J. Head and thorax reddish brown sparingly irrorated with pale grey, abdomen
greyish brown, legs brownish palely ringed. Primary reddish brown, with the
antemedial line waved and outwardly oblique ; the postmedial line is excurved and
crenulate ; both of these lines rise in a pale costal dot ; between the two, crossing
the end of the cell, is an angled band of dark brown somewhat indefinite as to its
margins ; a large dark reddish brown patch exte ds from the apex along the termeu
almost to the tornus ; immediately in front of the apex is a trace of a round s|)ot
obscurely outlineil with ])ale grey. Secondary uniform dark brown, slightly
lustrous.
Expanse : 30 — 38 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei. The species flies in March
and April.
81. Westermannia longiplaga spec. nov.
c?. Head pale grey with a pair of dark grey patches, collar j)ale lavender-grey,
darker at the tip, thorax dark smoky grey with whitish grey patagiae and meta-
thoracic tuft, abdomen grey. Primary very pale lavender-grey with a trace of a
medial and postmedial lines which are slightly oblique ; the whole of the cell ami
expanding somewhat to the termen is dark greyish bronzy brown, with an interior
blackish grey stripe to well beyond the cell, whence it ascends obliquely to the
apex ; below the angle of this stripe is a whitish dotted line to tlie inner margin,
with which a snbterminal row of similar spots is roughly parallel. Secondary
whitish grey, darker at the termen.
Expanse : 50 mm.
ILib. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species flies
in August.
The species is nearest ir. argentea Hamps.
82. Homodes punctistriga spec. nov.
S . Head, thorax, and abdomen dull lirick-red. Primary dull brick-red, with
antemedial, medial, postmedial, and snbterminal spotted lines of silvery lead colour ;
between the two latter are two lines of darker red ; all the lines are somewhat
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waved ; termen finely black with precediug fine black dashes. Secondary exactly
like the primary without the postmedial line.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies in
March and April.
SARROTHRIPINAE.
S3. Earias uniplaga spec. nov.
(J. Head, thorax, and primaries j)alest sulphur yellow, abdomen whitish.
Secondary white, somewhat hyaline. Primary with the costa at the base deep
reddish brown ; an orange spot at the end of the cell, somewiiat of the shape of a
figure 8, margined with deep rusty red.
? . Like the male, but without the spot at the end of the cell.
Ex]ianse : S and ? 32 mm.
Hub. Dinawa, the Kebea Range, July and August; Aroa River, February
and March.
Tyjie in my collection, and in the Tring Mnsenm are other specimens.
84. Earias rufopunctata sjiec. nov.
c? and ? . Similar to E. loioplaga, but somewhat paler and with no dark costa
at the base of the primary, whilst instead of the peculiar spot at the end of the
cell the primary has a very pale round slightly rusty spot.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hab. Dinawa and Aroa River, July.
Type in my collection, and other specimens in the Tring Museum.
85. Earias novoguineana spec. nov.
(J and ? . Head, thorax and primary chrome yellow ; abdomen whitish tinged
with sulphur. Secondary whitish tinged with sulphur-colour. Primary with a
dark rust)'-red round spot at the end of the cell, preceded by two obliquely placed
dots, a trace of an obtusely angled posterior line having a dark point below the
costa, another at the apex of the angle, and two more near the inner margin.
Expanse : S and ?, 38 mm.
Hab. Dinawa and Kebea Range, July and August.
Type in my collection.
86. Hylophila rubromarginata sjiec. nov.
?. Head and collar slightly tinged with green; thorax greenish white,
abdomen yellowish white. Primary white, with the least greenish tinge at the
base and in the postmedial area, with oblique yellowish antemedial and postmedial
lines, the latter being very oblique and straight ; this last point is constant in all
our specimens (a good series). In H. orientalis, its nearest ally, this line is curved.
Costa and inner margin narrowly pink ; termen deep pink and somewhat wider.
Secondary pure white.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it occurred
in March and April. Other specimens are in the Triug Museum from the Aroa
River,
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87. Gadirtha costipallens spec. nov.
? . Head ochreous grey, collar greeuish ; thorax pale grev witL greenish
patagiae ; abdomen pale ochreous gre3^ Primary grey, with a slight suffnsion of
greenish ; a blackish snbbasal ])atch, within wliich is a small ochreous short dash ;
apical two-thirds of costa broadly whitish grey, median dark line fine, very obscure,
with a dark dot in the cell ; reniform pale brown, darkly pnpilled and finely
encircled ; jiostmedial line linear black, waved, produced rapidly outwards to vein 6,
receding rapidly to inner margin from vein 2, beyond which the ground-colour
is pale reddish, a dark dash below the ai)ex, a row of snbterminal obscure short
white dashes. Secondary dark grey with paler inner margin.
Expanse : 42 mm.
Uah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs
in January and February.
88. Gadirtha inconspicua spec. nov.
? . Collar pale chocolate-brown finely irrorated with dark grey ; thorax and
abdomen pale grey irrorated with dark grey. Primary p;ile olive-grey for the basal
half, with the costa pale chocolate-brown, terminal half pale chocolate-brownish,
the inner margin being strongly oblique, a trace of a snbbasal line, snbterminal line
dark, very irregular, angled, rising in a whitish grey costal patch ; apex with an
oval whitish-grey patch from which descends the serrate snbterminal interruiited
line. Secondary dark grey, pale in the basal area.
Expanse : 40 mm.
llab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the insect
flies in May and June.
89. Ochthophora turneri spec. nov.
?. Collar grey, very broadly banded for its upjier edge with dark purplish
grey ; patagia ochreous grey with the metathoracic tnft darker. Primary lilac grey
with the base ochreous grey, palest on the costa ; subViasal area dark grey, margined
by the irregular serrated fine autemedial line ; a small raised dull chestnut spot
in the cell followed by a larger similar one at the end of the cell ; postmedial line
broadly serrate, very irregular, receding inwards and encircling irregularly the
larger raised spot, below which it recedes to the inner margin; a snbterminal row
of fine dark spear-shaped marks palely infilled, interrupted in the nerve spaces,
followed by a row of fine dark dashes. Termen darkly dotted. Secondary pale
grey, paler towards the base and inner margin.
Expanse : 40 mm.
Ilab. The tyi)e is in my collection from Bubooiii, where the species flies in
September.
This species is near 0. sericina Turner, but differs in the pale base and dark
subbasal area, and the snbterminal line is quite diti'erent.
90. Labanda viridescens spec. nov.
?. Head brown, collar dark brown with frontal of green scales ; thorax greyish
brown ; abdomen ochreous. Primary greyish brown, with a suifusion of green
scales all over the wing with the exception of the median area, where it is scanty ;
this suffusion is most prominent in the basal and postmedial areas, also over the
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cell; the subbasal liuo is wliitish in the costal area and greenish below ; the dark
postmedial line is palely edged, or greenish in parts, verj- irregnlar and strongly
serrate ; in the postmedial area there is a dark band of the ground-colour and
a smallish dark apical patch. Secondary orange-yellow, with termen finely dark
and a])ex somewhat more broadly dark.
E.xpanse : 35 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Mount Kebea, where it was taken
in the month of Jul}'.
91. Labanda crenulata spec. nov.
? . Head and thorax grey, darkly irrorated ; abdomen darker grey. Primary
grey, very finely irrorated with darker grey ; basal line dark, irregnlar, with a
pale grey exterior edging ; medial dark line oblique dentate, with a pale grey
interior edging ; posterior line excurved, crennlate, with a fine exterior paler
edging ; snbterminal line pale, interrupted, above the tornus a blackish patch
between the two latter lines, above which is another smaller blackish ])atch over
vein ti ; in front of the ajiex a pale grey patch on the costa, with a dark small
patch on its inner edge ; termen blackish. Secondary uniform dark grey.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hab. The type from Ekeikei is in my collection. The species flies in March
and April. In the Tring Museum are other specimens from the Aroa River.
This insect is near L. griseonigra, but the lines all differ, especially the basal
and medial ones.
93. Alibama kebea spec nov.
c?. Head and thorax russet brown, collar banded with dark brown, abdomen
greyish brown. Primary rnsset brown, with darker brown lines and markings ;
basal line short and irregnlar, antemedial line bluntly dentate, medial line almost
obsolete ; postmedial line strongly excurved and serrate for its costal hall", receding
in a deep arch from vein 5 ; a series of blackish dashes in the terminal area edged
by short pale cream-coloured lines ; between the postmedial and antemedial lines
is a large very dark indefinite patch, inner margin broadly dark ; the position
of the reniform stigma is marked by an obscure cream-coloured exterior edging.
Secondary uniform dark brown.
Expanse : 31 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection, being taken in the Kebea Range in March.
93. Barasa griseola spec. nov.
S. Head grey, collar dark grey broadly tipped with white, thorax pale grey,
darker on the metathorax, abdomen pale-greyish. Primary whitish grey for the
basal two-fifths, brownish grey for the terminal three-fifths ; antemedial black line
fine and interrujitod, broadly serrated ; jjostmedial line waved and crenulate ; a
trace of a strongly angled indefinite snbterminal line ; a large pale brownish patch
immediately precedes the crenulate line. Secondary subhyaline whitish, greyish
at the termen, more broadly so at the apex.
? . Like the male, but paler.
Expanse : 34 mm.
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Hub. The \.\\)c is iu m}- collectiou from Ekeikei, where the sjiecies flies in
March and April. I have other specimens from higlier up in the Kebea Range
captured in May nud June.
'■'4. Barasa pura sjiec. no v.
? . Head white, finely irrorated with jiale ochreons brown, thorax and collar
white with fine ochreons scaling, abdomen whitish gre}'. Primar}* white with very
pale fine ochreons scaling in the median and postmedian areas ; costal half of
base pale chestnnt-brown edged by an oblicjne black line ; medial black line
irregnlar and interrupted in the cell, postmcdial black line j)rojected outwards
very obliquely from the costa to vein 5, whence it recedes irregularly to the
inner margin ; an indistinct snbterminal curved line, two black dots on the costa
before the apex, an apical dark rufous brown patcii exfemling to the postmedial
line, a palish rufous brown spot at the tornus ; the subterniinal area is slightly
greyish. Fringes white, darkly intersected. Secondary subhyaline white, terraen
dark brown, broad at apex, tapering rapidly to vein \b.
Expanse : 32 — 34 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species flies in
September. Other specimens I have are from Ekeikei and other localities, taken
in January and February.
95. Barasa nigrescens spec nov.
?. Head and thorax dark mottled grey, abdomen paler grey. Primary dark
grey, thickly irrorated with black ; basal area dark, margined externally with an
irregular black line ; medial line serrated, somewhat obscure, jiostmedial line
projected forwards from the costa to vein 7, from whence it descends slightly
receding to the inner margin as a dotted line ; beyond this is the snbterminal
line, broad from the costa to the angle of*vein 7, along which it extends considerably
and descends in a waved line to the tornns, indefinitely margined with palish grey;
termen dark, a short blackish dash at the end of the cell. Secondary subhyaline
white, termen dark grey, broad at the apex, rapidly tapering to vein \b.
Exjianse : 34 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect flies in May
and June.
9(5. Blenina owgarra sjiec. nov.
?. Head and thorax whitish grey, collar irrorated with cinnamon-colour,
abdomen cinnamon-grey, both wings almost pure white. Primary with base dark
grey ; median and postmedian lines irregular, nearly jiarallel, and enclosing a dark
grey area ; snbterminal line very irregular, preceded by a darkish grey shading ;
termen darkly dotted with a rusty red strijjc in front of it ; a rnsty red broad
indefinite stripe from the end of the cell to the termen. Secondary pure white
with a dark grey termen and broad dark apex.
Expanse : 38 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Owgarra.
97. Blenina nigrans spec. nov.
cJ. Head pale grey mixed with green, collar and thorax l)lackish, abdomen
greyish brown with dark dorsal tufts. Primary lilackish grey; apical area, in
an oblique line from vein 3 across the end of the cell, jiale greyish ; basal black
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line interrupted ; medial donble line interrn]ited, traceable below the cell ; post-
medial line more distinct, edged for the costal half broadly with white ; subterminal
line distinct, irregular dentate, behind which the costa is pale, followed below by
a broad short band of dark greenish ; a suffnsion of very dark green at the base.
Fringes green with white extremities, intersected with black. Secondary dark
brownish grey, with dark fringes except between veins 2 and 4, where they are
whitish.
Expanse : 32 — 34 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September. Other specimens are in the Tring Mnsenm from the Aroa Kiver.
_ 98. Blenina nigrans varians ab. nov.
$. Differs from nigrans in that the base of the primary is bright grass-green ;
the black basal line has a broad white external edging to the lower margin of the
cell ; the median area is rnsty brown with a broad edging of darker green, beyond
which is a broad band of whitish mixed with rusty grey, followed by a considerable
suffusion of green in front of the subterminal line ; the thorax and collar are pale
grey largely intermixed with green.
Hab. The type from Dinawa is in my collection. We have a fair series of
both forms.
99. Blenina viridata spec. nov.
c?. Head and thorax green ; abdomen dark yellowish. Primary green, paler
and mixed with white for the basal half, darker and mixed with blackish for the
outer half ; basal line interrupted, medial line very irregular ; postmedial line
irregular and interrupted, followed by broad obscure dashes of blackish between
the veins ; subterminal line irregular and dentate, obscurely palely edged ; area
beyond very dark ; near the middle of the inner margin is a whitish patch.
Secondary dark brownish grey, yellowish at the inner margin and near the base.
? . Similar to the male, but with au admixture of grey in the medial and
postmedial areas.
Expanse : S 32 mm., ? 34 mm.
IJah. The type is in my collection. The species was captured at Ekeikei
(15l>0 ft.) flying in January and February, and from high (0000 ft.) in the Kebea
Range in March and April. Other specimens are in the Tring Blusenm from the
Aroa River.
100. Blenina babooni spec. nov.
¥. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey. Primary dark slaty grey, with a
subbasal costal pale grey patch ; basal line indistinct ; medial, postmedial, and
subterminal lines edged with dark ochreous, each being somewhat interrupted
and irregular ; between the two latter is a curved darkish line; the ochreous edging
is prominent in the subterminal area. Secondary dark brownish grey.
Expanse : 28 mm.
IJab. The type is in my collection from Babooni, where the species flies in
September.
lol. Blenina smaragdina spec. nov.
(J. Head, collar, and thorax jiale green liarred with black; centre of thorax
whitish; abdomen dark grey. Primary pale green with a basal black dash; a
Bubbasal black costal spot, followed by a white spot ; medial line black, interrupted,
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edged internall\- with white, aud with a broad white dash below the cell, in a line
with which, on the external side of the medial line, is a broad black dash, edged
above with white to tlie postmedial line, which is very irregular and edged
externally finely with white, a black mark at the end of the cell continent with
the postmedial line ; this mark is also edged with white internally ; a broad
subterminal white band to the tornns, where there is a black spot edged with green
externally : an apical and subapical black patch and a small black spot on the
termen aliont vein 3 ; fringes pale greenish, intersected with white and with black.
Secondary darkish grey, paler near the base.
Expanse : 40 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Babooni, where the species flies in
September.
102. Hypothripa distincta spec. nov.
?. Head white with tips of scales piuk ; thorax whitish with an admixture of
pink, barred with black ; abdomen grey. Primary white, witii a suftusion of pale
brownish pink in the antemedial and postmedial areas and a suffusion of dull lilac
in the lower part of the terminal area ; two blackish spots at the base and a
blackish dash near the base on the inner margin : a broad oblique blackish invaded
band across the median area ; a blackish patch, followed by a small black spot on
the costa beyond its centre ; a black waved subterminal line, a dark suffused patch
at the apex and just below it, a white costal spot immediately in front of it.
Secondary whitish, darker grey at the apex and termen.
Expanse : 22 mm.
Bab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect flies in
September.
1U3. Cletthara multilinea spec. nov.
?. Head and thorax whitish, abdomen grey. Primary whitish grey, with a
subbasal black irregular and serrate line ; medial black line very strongly dentate,
connected by two oblique dashes with the very irregular postmedial line ; sub-
terminal black line strongly waved ; termen black with spearhead marks ; fringe
white, intersected with grey. Secondary whitish grey, pale at the base.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Hab. Area River, March.
Type in the Tring Museum.
Iit4. Sarrothripa aroa spec. nov.
(?. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish, the thorax barred with white.
Primary white with black lines ; base darkish with a basal black line ; antemedial
line oblique, serrate, almost touching the double medial line at the inner margin ;
medial lines rise in a black costal patch ; postmedial line double dentate, rising
in a black costal patch and ending in a dark cloud ; subterminal line very
irregular, strongly serrate and dentate in part; beyond this is a grey line of
shading nearer the termen ; termen with a fine black line. Secondary greyish,
darker near the termen.
Expanse : 22 mm.
Hab. Area River, February.
Type in my collection. Other specimens are in the Tring Museum.
This species will come near S. mesoplaya Hpsn,
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105. Sarrothripa brunneicosta spec. nov.
S- Head and thorax greyish, abdomen darker. Primary darkish grey with a
broad white serrate costal line ; a fine double dentate median line, a double
irregular dentate postmedial line — both these two double lines filled in with whitish ;
a serrate snbterminal line rising in a whitish apical patch ; from this patch an
oblique pale area crosses the wing ; reniform darkly ontliued ; costa broadly
brownish grey with a dark grey spot touching the reniform. Secondary grey, pale
at the base.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Hab. Aroa Biver, .January.
Type in the Tring Museum.
This species will come next S. grisea Hpsn., but the medial and postmedial
lines differ.
ion. Sarrothripa arcuosa spec. nov.
? . Head, thorax and abdomen grey, collar brownish grey. Primary dark
grey, with a considerable suffusion of dark olive-green scales ; near the base is a
fine arc of whitish, beyond which the ground-colour is dark olive-green ; two dark
dots in the cell, in a patch of pale greyish ; postmedial line dark greenish, irregular,
and produced outward beyond the cell, edged below with whitish ; following the
postmedial line is a row of dark dashes on the veins, subapical area whitish grey ;
snbterminal line somewhat indistinct in the tornal area. Secondary dark grey.
Expanse : 20 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs in
August.
107. Sarrothripa kebea.
J. Head whitish ; collar brownish at base, black beyond tipped with white ;
thorax whitish, largely jiatched with blackish ; abdomen dove-grey. Primary
blackish, with an antemedial and medial oblique bar of whitish invaded and serrated
by the black ground ; extreme base whitish ; two oblique costal dashes of white at
the apex, the hindmost of which touches nearly at right angles a white dash beyond
the cell ; snbterminal line obscure ; tornal area up to vein 5 pale grey. Secondary
white for basal half, becoming dark grey beyond.
Expanse : 30 — 32 mm.
Hrib. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
occurs in March and April. I have specimens from other localities taken in August.
108. Sarrothripa avola spec. nov.
c?. Head and thorax wliite, slightly tinged with green and finely barred with
black ; abdomen pale grey. Primary greenish white, with about eight very fine
oblique irregular dentate or serrate black lines ; the innermarginal and terminal
areas are darker greyish ; the termen is spotted alternately with black and white.
Secondary white for the basal half, becoming dark grey beyond.
Expanse : 29 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Avola, where the species occurs in
August.
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109. Dendrothripa venalis spec nov.
(S. Head and collar white mixed with ochreous, tlie latter with a darkish
patch on each side ; thorax and abdomen sjrey. Primary dark grey of a speckled
appearance ; hasal line very obscure ; medial line somewhat waved, but angular ;
postmedial line irregular, projected outwards into an acute angle about vein 3 ;
innermarginal area between these two lines filled with whitish into the angle just
mentioned ; postmedial line somewhat palely edged, followed by a band similarly
angled of very dark brownish grey ; subterminal line irregular, edged externally
with whitish. Secondary greyish.
Expanse : 22 mm.
flab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect occurs in
September.
110. Exyra dinawa spec. nov.
(?. Head ochreous intermixed with dark brown scales, collar ochreous with
a dark brown band ; thorax ochreous intermixed with dark brown scales ; abdomen
ochreous grey with a fine dorsal ridge of dark lirown. Primary pale greyish
ochreous, with interrupted lines of dark brown scales : medial line waved, pale,
edged with crimson brown on its lower external side; a pale ochreous brown patch
on the coBta over the cell edged with whitish, the outer edging being part of the
postmedial line, which is interrupted and has on its inner side a pale dark brown
curved mark ; a pale whitish costal patch adjoining the postmedial line, beyond
which the whole wing is very dark, with the subterminal line irregular, very dark
edged palely as to its upper portion. Secondary pale greyish brown, darker towards
the terminal area.
Expanse : 22 mm.
Bab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in August.
111. Ingura pratti spec. nov.
(?. Head, frons purplish, vertex pale brown ; collar pale brown broadly tipped
with lilac ; thorax brownish lilac ; abdomen lilac-brown. Primary jiale lilac up to
the median line and np to the postmedial line along the costa ; postmedial area
brownish ; terminal area pale greyish for the apical half, pale brownish for the
tornal half ; basal and median lines very fine, almost obscured ; postmedial line
double, dark brown, projected outwards rapidly from the costa to below vein 7,
receding along vein 5 and descending irregularly to the miildle of the inner margin,
where there is a dark grey patch on the outside of the line ; a faint trace of a
subterminal pale line. Secondary darkish grey, slightly paler near the termen.
? . Like the male, but greyer.
Expanse : 6 33—3(5, ? 35—36 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection. The species occurs in the Kebea Range
and Babooui in March and April, and again in August and September.
The lilac colour ai)pears to fade raiiidly, for we have some specimens which are
very much paler and greyer than the types : the species will come next cyanescens
Turner.
11 J. Ingura costistrigata spec. nov.
S. Head and collar jjale chestnut-brown, the latter barred with slate-grey;
thorax darker chestnut-brown, sparingly mixed with slate-grey ; abdomen dark
slate-grey. Primary pale chestnut-brown, with the base, and the costa broadly
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purplish shite-coloiir ; medial line dark brown, fine; postmedial line projected
outwards into an acute angle about veins 0 and 7, receding rapidly in a dentate line
to the middle of the inner margin, with a small grey patch on the margin on the
outside of the line ; apex with a whitish lilac patch ; snbterminal line dotted.
Secondary greyish brown, witli a ])aler, somewhat pinkish, termen, with a row of
dark points.
? . Exactly like the male.
Expanse : c? 34, ? 36—37 mm.
Hnb. The type is in-my collection fiom Diuawa, where the species occurred iu
August; we have sjiecimens from other localities in January and February.
113. Calling'ura kebeae spec. nov.
(?. Head lilac-grey, crested ; collar lilac-grey, narrowly barred with purplish
brown and broadly tipped with jiale ochreous brown ; thora.x purplish slate-colour ;
patagiae with a triangular shoulder-patch of ochreous cream-colour ; abdomen pale
silvery grey, pale straw-colour beneath. Primary dark olive-green, with a broad
horizontal ochreous cream-colonred stripe, edged above with greenish, and for its
outer half edged above also with a cnrved pink strijie ; a third from the base, on
the inner margin, rises a broadish strongly curved ochreous cream-coloured stripe,
meeting and coalescing with the horizontal one : both these stripes are finely
margined internally with black ; termen broadly pinkish lilac with a fine double
darker line. Secondary pinkish brown, pale at the base.
? . Like the male, but paler, and greeu more ochreous.
Expanse : S and ? , 34 — ^36 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection. The species occurs higli (0000 ft.) in the
Kebea Range in March and April, other specimens from Dinawa being taken in
August. In the Tring Museum are others from the Aroa Kiver, taken in February
and March.
114. Targalla catephioides ekeikei snbspec. nov.
Differs from Hampson's species in its melanism ; the base up to the median
line is very dark blackish brown, and the rest of the wing is dark brown ; the
reniform stigma has a greenish hue in fresh specimens, degenerating into ochreous
brown. The secondary is blackish grey, with a small white basal innermarginal
patch.
In quite fresh specimens there is a dark bronzy-green scaling over the
thorax and abdominal tufts, and to a less extent over the primary, but this
evidently soon wears off. This melanic form is quite constant in all the collections
received, and has evidently developed into a local race.
Hab. All the localities in New Guinea.
Type is in my collection, and in the Tring Museum are other specimens.
115. Targalla pratti spec. nov.
S. Head whitish grey; thorax grey, barred with dark grey; patagiae with a
white line across, followed by a broader brown band ; thorax grey, darker on the
proximal segments. Primary pale grey ; base very dark grey, margined externally
by the antemedial black line ; medial line represented by an obscure line of darker
shading produced outwards at the end of the cell and then receding somewhat ;
postmedial line double, the inner one fine black, beyond which is a small triangular
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dark patch on the costa, which is the origin of an interrni.ted snbtermiiial dark
line edged externally with whitish ; termen cronulate, finely blackish. Secondary
whitish grey with dark veins, termeu broadly darkisli grey.
Expanse : c? 30, ? 37 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Ekeikci.
110. Eutelia hampsoni spec, no v.
? . Head greenish grey and thorax greenish grey, with patagiae rusty-red ;
abdomen dark brownisli. Primary of a general tone of greenish grey or brown ;
base dark, followed by a pale band, succeeded by a broad dark band ; median area
pale dirty olive-green, with two fine darker lines, that near the base reaching only
to vein 1 ; this pale area is margined externally by a broadish indefinite line of
very dark greenish brown ; postmedial line irregular, edged externally with white,
produced into a sharp acute angle on vein 3; a trace of a subterminal Hue
interrupted, white in the costal area ; apex up to postmedial line whitish i,'rccn.
Secondary dark grey, with a trace of a medial line.
Expanse : 22 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies in
January and February.
117. Eutelia mediofusca spec nov.
S. Head greyish pinkish ochreons, collar jiinkish ochreous, thorax pinkish
ochreons with pinkish patagiae, abdomen dark grey. Primary pale ochreons o-rev
upper part of base narrowly dark ; median area dark brownish, receding slightly
below the greenisli-reniform stigma, edged laterally with greenish brown ; a white
point in the cell ; postmedial area whitish, intersected by the oblique dark line
edged with white from the costa to the termen on vein 2 ; the lower half of this
line is edged with pale ochreous grey, a dark triangular spot is above it on the
costa ; termen broadly greyish, crennlate, with a linear blackish edging. Secondary
greyish, paler towards the base.
Expanse : 25—28 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs in
September.
lis. Eutelia olivaceiplaga spec. nov.
S. Palpi rusty-red for the basal third, lilac-grey for the apical two-thirds;
head lilac-grey tipped slightly with rufous ; thorax lilac-grey with a rnfous central
stripe ; abdomen rnfous lirowc. Primary pale jiinkish lil;ic, with a short basal
white stripe ; antemedial line at an opjiosite angle rnfous brown, edged internally
with white ; median line broad, rnfous, angled outwards at the cell : postmedial
line rnfous, edged externally with ochreous; orbicular stigma olivaceous, jinjiillcd
with ochreous; reniforra olivaceons, outlined finely with ochreons; a whitish round
patch on vein 2 outside the jiostmedial lino, and a triangular olive-brown costal jiatch
edged with white, below which are two obli(iuely placed similar coloured dashes
reaching nearly to the termen above vein 3, above which the apical area is [lale
lilac-grey.. Secondary pinkish grey, jiale greyish at the inner margin and base.
Expanse : 28 mm.
Hab. The type is in my colh'ction from Diaawa, when' the sjiecies occurs in
September.
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119. Eutelia dinawa spec. nov.
c?. Head pale cbestnut-brown, thorax chocolate-brown, abdomen paler than
thorax. Primary purplish bruwu, paler at base with an olivaceous costal mark;
antemedial line olivaceous, broad, irregular, and serrate ; medial line represented
by a broad band of darker shading ; postniodial and snbtermiual lines olivaceous,
serrate, the former almost crenulate in the radial area, the crennlations being
marked by white jioints ; both these lines rise in a triangular costal patch, which
is edged with ochreous, margined on the inner edging with white ; a white point in
the cell followed by the olivaceous reniform stigma. Secondary brown with pinkish
fringes ; the fringes of both wings are crenulate.
? . Like the male, but paler and greyer.
Expanse : <? 31, ? 28 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection. This species was taken at Ekeikei in
January and February, and Dinawa in September. In the Tring Museum are other
specimens from tlie Aroa River.
The species is near E. ajiij'ascia Hamjis., but it lacks the ochreous spot beyond
the reniform, and the lines differ in direction.
120. Eutelia kebeae spec. nov.
cJ. Head crimson-brown ; thorax and abdomen dark jjurplish brown, the latter
reddish beyond the middle. Primary dark purplish brown, with traces of basal,
antemedial, and medial lines on the costa, the latter two of which develop below
the cell into broad irregular dentate very dark brown lines with pale interiors ;
adjoining the medial line is an oblique band of pale pinkish ochreous extending
into the olive-green reniform stigma, edged internally with white ; postmedial line
double, very dark, with ochreous interior, angled outwards about vein 7, followed by a
fine dark line roughly parallel with it ; subterminal line obscure, rising in a dark
subapical costal triangular patch darkly dotted below ; apex and the whole of the
tornal and radial areas lilac grey ; a white dot in the cell in front of the reniform ;
termen with white points at the end of the veins. Secondary dark greyish brown,
pale towards the base ; termen with white points at the ends of the veins.
? . Like the male.
Exi)ause : c? 3U, ¥ 29 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection. This species occurs in the Kebea Range
and Ekeikei in March and April.
121. Eutelia albicomma spec. nov.
(J. Head ochreous tipped with dark crimson, thorax and abdomen dark
crimsonish brown. Primary sepia brown, with pale basal and antemedial lines,
very irregular, subdentate and somewhat obscure ; a broad pale pinkish medial
band, followed by a fine double dark postmedial line angled outwards beyond the
cell, followed by a fine whitish interrupted line in which is a large white comma at
the tornus ; a trace of an anteterminal line close to the previous one, both of
which arise in a dark triangular white-edged costal patch ; terminal area dark ;
termen with white points alternating with dark lunular marks ; a white point in
the cell in front of the pale greenish reniform stigma, which is edged internally
with white. Secondary brownish grey, pale' at the base ; a trace of a pale waved
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line at the end of the cell ; termeii with wiiite jioints ; fringes somewhat creuulate.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Eljeikei, where the species occurs in
January and February.
122. Eutelia purpureonigra spec. nov.
?. Head, thorax, and al«louieu rich iiui]ile brown intermingled with crimson
scales. Primary rich darlc crimson brown for the basal half, with slightly paler
purplish base ; subbasal and medial lines dark, the latter waved, postmedial line
double, somewhat waved, and produced outwards beyond the cell, followed by a
fine crenulate line ; snbteriuinal line arising in a dark costal triangular patch,
serrate, somewhat obscured near the tornus ; reniform stigma somewhat ochreous.
The terminal half of the wing is paler and purplish ; teruien with white points
at the ends of the veins. Secondary tiark greyisli brown with crinisonish fringes.
Expanse : 34 mm.
llab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in
January and February.
123. Eutelia viridata s])ec. nov.
?. Head aud collar greenish, thorax and abdomen jiale ochreous brown.
Primary pale yellowish green, with a small greyish patch margined by the basal
and by the double antemedial line ; medial line marked by an indefinite line of
grey, produced outwards at the cell ; jjostmedial line of the same shape, blactkish
near the inner margin ; apex pale bluish white with a dark dash in it, a small
pale brownish patch between veins 5 and 6 ; the whole of the medial area is very
pale whitish ochreous brown, margined laterally by the antemedial and postmedial
lines ; reniform stigma greenish ; termen finely dark with white jioiuts at the
veins. Secondary darkish grey, pale at the base, with an obscure pale medial line.
Expanse : 26 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs
in August.
I am doubtful if this species is a Eutelia ; the end segments of the jialpi are
as long as the second ; the thorax and abdomen are quite slight in build ; the
wings, i.e. the primaries, are narrow, expanding considerably towards the termen.
As 1 have only one sex, aud that the female, I refrain from creating a new genus
for it at present.
124. Eutelia deletoides spec. nov.
?. Head grey, collar grey mixed with ochreous, thorax grey, abdomen grey
with black dorsal marks. Primary pale grey, with darker obscure basal line;
median line from a dark cell-spot to the inner margin, a small dark dot precedes
this spot ; jiostmedial line broad, somewhat indefinite, slightly brown, especially
at the inner margin ; subtermiual line broad, dentate and waved, edged externally
with whitish ; termen finely dark ; fringes whitish, intercepted with blackish.
Secondary dark grey, paler at the base. Fringes white intercepted with black.
Expanse : 24 — 29 mm.
llab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect occurs in
March and April ; other specimens in the Tring Museum, from the Aroa River,
February.
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125. Eutelia ochreiplaga spec, no v.
d. Head, thorax, auil abdomeu brownish grey, with short ochreous dashes.
Primary brownish grey, witli an ochreous line along the fold ; base with an
ochreous spot, an irregular dark subbasal stripe ; median line dark, produced
outward at the cell, tlien obliquely basewards ; postmedial line excnrved beyond
the cell, with ochreous patches on each side of it. Secondary brownish grey,
paler towards the base.
Expanse : 27 mm.
Uab. Aroa River, February and April.
Type in Tring Museum.
This species comes near E. ocularis Btl.
12(']. Penicillaria meeki spec. nov.
S. Head, thorax, abdomen, and primary dark purplish grey, the latter with
an oblique straight line darkly centred ; an indistinct angled (near the costa)
postmedial line ; a short fine j)ale curved dash in front of the apex and at the
tornus. tSecondary pure white, with a very broad purplish termen and a dark
spot in the cell.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Ilab. Aroa River, April.
Type in Tring Museum.
127. Penicillaria dinawa spec. nov.
c?. Head, collar, thorax, and abdomen pale uniform lilac-brown. Primary
pale lilac-brown, with a double dark oblique median line. Reniform stigma dark ;
postmeiliai line dark, angled outwards on vein 7, thence descending obliquely into
the tornus ; apex with a short curved white stripe across it ; tornus with an obscure
whitish erect line from vein 1 to vein .3. Secondary white, with a dark spot in the
cell ; termen broadly pinkish grey.
Expanse : 26 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection, from Dinawa, where the species flies iu
September.
Tibiocillaria gen. nov.
Differs from Fenicillaria or Kutelia in that the second segment of the palpus
is fringed with a long brush of hair ; end segment short and thickly clothed
with hair ; collar developed into a pyramidal prominent tuft, standing high above
the thorax and extending over it ; tiiorax with a metatlioracic tuft ; abdomen
with a tuft on the proximal segment and a long tubular tuft on the anal
segments. The fore- and midtibiae have each a very long and heavy tuft of hairs—-
a tuft on the end of the hindtibia is small ; mid- and hiudtarsi tufted. Wings :
primary, a])ical part of termen nearly erect to vein 3, where it is angled and
somewhat excavated below. Secondary, vein 2 produced into a slight tooth,
excavated slightly below.
Type : TihiociUaria pratti B.-B.
128. Tibiocillaria pratti spec. nov.
c?. Head purplish, tufted with chestnut l)rown ; tufted collar and thorax deep
purplish plum-colour, deep reddish brown or iiurjilish brown ; abdomen dark grey;
legs deep purjilish, with the long tibial tufts jiale chestnut ; puri)lish below at the
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base of the underside ; tarsi ringed witli wliite. Primary deej) purjilish or ])nr]ilisb
grey ; onter half of oosta and cell, also the ajicx and teriuen to vein (i, finely
dusted with ochreons; lower part of base dark rusty-red ; medial and postmedial
lines, each double, finely whitish lilac, strongly angled externally about the upper
margin of the cell, the latter slightly angled in the opposite direction on vein 2 ;
a dark velvety spot at the ajiex ; a curved dark broad dash above vein 3, with an
inner deep rusty-red dash, both interrupted by the jiostmedial line ; an erect curved
whitish obscure line from the toruus to vein 2. Secondary white with a dark
cell-spot ; termen broadly deep purplish, becoming grey at the apex.
?. Exactly like the male, but the tufts are smaller.
Expanse : 3 and ? , 35 — 36 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection, from the Kebea Range, taken in July ;
other specimens from Dinawa, August. 1 have specimens also from the former
locality that were taken in March and April.
120. Tibiocillaria aureiplaga spec. uov.
(?. Head, collar, and thorax purple, abdomen ochreons, legs and tufts purplish,
tarsi ringed with white. Primary purple, with a trace of a basal line ; medial
and postmedial lines obscure for their costal portion ; a bright golden yellow patch
in the middle of the inner margin and in front of the apex ; beyond the former
the ground colour golden yellow finely irrorated with superimposed purple scales ;
a curved white line in front of the apex on the costa, and also one rather obscured
rising from the tornus to vein 2. Secondary white with a dark cell-spot ; termen
broadly purjile with a white line and a yellowish patch at the tornus.
? . Like the male.
Expanse : cj 2o, ¥ 27 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection, from Ekeikei, where the species occurs
from January to April.
130. Tibiocillaria dinawaensis sj)ec. uov.
c?. Head reddish chestnut, thorax reddish orange, abdomen pale brownish.
Primary pale reddish with an oblique straight dark median line confluent with a
dark cell-spot ; jiostmedian line fine, dark, produced outwards beyond the cell ;
termen purplish ; a yellow patch in the middle of the inner margin, a yellow
curved line before the apex, a white line rising out of the tornus to vein 2.
Secondary white, uo spot in the cell ; termen broadly purplish, with a white sj)ot
in the tornus below an orange one.
Expanse : 20 nun.
Hah. The type is in ray collection from Dinawa, where tlie species occurs in
September. Other specimens are in the Triug Museum from the Aroa Itiver,
March.
1;'>1. Maceda rufescens spec nov.
?. Head, thorax, and abdoiuen uniform fuscous. Primary purplish grey, with
base, costal part of apex, and tornal area orange red ; in the latter is a dark dash
at the tornus ; a basal dark line ; antemedial line bordering the red area angled
inwards and broadly dark,; postmedial line serrate, burderiiig inwardly both the
other orange-red areas, between which is a patch of dark purplisli grey expanding
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to the termen ; a diivk point in tlie ct^ll. Secondary davlc brownish grey, paler
in the cell, which has a dark spot ; fringes wliite from vein 5 to vein 2.
Expanse : 38 mm.
Hab. The type from the Kebea Range is in my collection. The species flies
in March and April ; and in the Triug Mnsenm from the Aroa ]?iver are other
specimens.
132. Risoba delicata spec. nov.
c?. Head very pale greenish ; collar white, with intermixed green and grey
scales ; thorax very delicate and pale green, barred with white ; abdomen pale
grey. Primary white, snifnsed with very delicate pale green ; snbbasal area
suffnsed with pale green ; basal line very obscnre ; a short fine black basal costal
dash ; reniform greenish ; postraedial line very finely dark and creunlate, beyond
which is a short serrated black line from below the costa, and a short broad
erect blackish dash from before the tornns ; apex darker green, with an internal
black dash ; a row of fine black scallops in front of the termen ; fringes grey
intersected with white. Secondary white with a dark cell-spot ; termen broadly
dark, tapering somewhat to the tornns.
Expanse : 39 — 40 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September.
133. Risoba viridata spec. nov.
c?. Head bright green; collar pale brown, with a fine black basal stripe
surmounted with a broad bright green band interrnpted in the middle ; thorax
green, barred finely with black, with a prothoracic brown patch ; abdomen pale
brownish, greenish laterally ; dorsum green in front of the anal segments.
Primary, base bright green, with a black basal serrated line, followed by a
broad whitish area, beyond which the wing is mainly grey, with the reniform
green ; a broad green dash above vein 1 and beyond the reniform, from whence
lip to the apex the ground is suffused with green; postmedial line finely dark,
crennlate ; a more or less obscure green subterminal stripe ; a row of short dark
dashes in front of the termen. Secondary creamy white, with a dark cell-spot
and a broad dark termen.
Expanse : 40 — 42 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs in
May and June.
134. Risoba kebea S2)ec. nov.
c?. Head greenish brown ; collar greenisli brown, with greenish base ; thorax
brown, with greenish patagiae ; abdomen jiale brownish, darker laterally. Primary
olive-brown, with traces of greenish suffusion in parts ; base whitish, with a short
black dash at hase of cell, below which is a pale brownish patch ; reniform greenish,
edged with white, below which is a white stripe darkly edged externally ; beyond
the reniform is a pale greenish ochreous siripe, with a fine internal white line
almost confluent with the dark apical jiatcli, which is edged below with white;
a subterminal row of dark dashes edged internally with white. Secondary creamy
white, with a dark cell-spot and a very broad dark termen.
?. Similar to the male, but much paler and without the white stripe below
the reniform.
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Expanse : c? 42, ? 44 mm.
Huh. The type is in my collection from tlic Kebea Rang'e, where it was taken
in July ; other specimens from Dinawa, August, and in the Tring Mnseum from
the Aroa River, January to April.
135. Risoba avola spec. nov.
cJ. Heed and collar very pale lavender-brown, the latter edged with rusty-
red; thorax greyish ; patagiae edged with wlute ; abdomen greyish, with a reddish
tuft. Primary pale brown, snffnsed with greenish— below the cell this suffusion
is almost absent ; base narrowly and obliquely whitish ; a trace of a dark serrated
medial line, followed by a second not extending below the cell ; beyond tlie cell
(not extending above it) is a broadish white stripe, edged by a fine dark line,
beyond which the radial area is slightly rufous ; a dark apical patch, edged
externally by an irregular whitish line and below by a curved greenish line ;
the usual row of dark subterminal dashes, edgeil internally witli white. Secondary
subhyaline white, with a dark cell-spot and a slight dark short broadisli termen.
Expanse : 34 — 36 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Avola, where it occurs in August.
Other specimens are in the Tring Mnseum from the Aroa River, February.
136. Eisoba olivens spec. nov.
c?. Head and collar lilac-grey ; thorax dark grey, with pale jjatagiae ; abdomen
dark lilac-grey. Primary uniform olive-green, except at the base, which is white
with an olive-green innermarginal ])atch, and beyond the cell, where it is grey up
to the dark green ai)ical area ; reniform finely encircled and pnpilled with dark
brown ; apical area edged internally with a dark curved broadish stripe, below
which is a short fine serrated dark line ; below the apical patch the ground colour
is dashed with white ; the usual subterminal row of dark dashes ; the postmedial
line is finely serrated and strongly curved inwards below the cell. Secondary
creamy whitish, with a dark cell-spot and a broad dark terraen.
Expanse : 36 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs in
September ; and in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River, March, are other
specimens.
137. Risoba grisea spec. nov.
¥. Head and thorax grey, i>atagiae whitish, abdomen greyish. Primary with
base narrowly and obli(iuely white; the rest of the wing grey, darker near the
base ; a dark dot in the cell ; reniform finely and darkly encircled and pui)illed ;
postmedial line waved oblique, slightly serrated, on each side of which the area is
somewhat whitish ; apex brown, edged internally with white, which edging has a
dark internal streak below it ; two dark dashes from the aj)ex ; subterminal area
pale brownisli ; the usual subterminal row of dark dashes. Secondary subhyaline
creamy-white with no cell-spot, the broad dark termen evenly cnrvcd internally.
Expanse : 33 mm.
Ilah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where it occurs in March and
A]iril ; other s])eciniens are in (he Tring Museum from the Aroa River, .January
to March.
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138. Risoba pratti spec. nov.
c?. Head brownish, collar j)ale brownish grey with a rufous base surmounted
by a greenish band, thorax greyish brown, abdomen pale Ijrown-grey laterally.
Primary greyish brown, with an oliliqne cliestnut-red base ; a broad creamy white
subcostal stripe ; costa greenish ; renit'orm obscure greenish with an oblicjue white
stripe below it, edged externally by the postmedial fine oblii|ue dark line, palely
edged externally below, with its costal half edged broadly with greenish ; apical
dark area small with a whitish suffusion below it ; the usual subterminal row of
dark dashes very distinctly edged internally with white. Secondary creamy whitish
with a dark cell-spot and very broad dark termen.
Expanse : 41 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it occnrs in August
and September ; other specimens are in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River,
March.
13'.>. Stictoptera ekeikei spec. nov.
Head and thorax very dark brown, abdomen blackisli brown. Primary rufous
brown, with a dark costa ; medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines very fine and
obscure, finely crenulate ; the terminal half of the wing has the appearance of
having a series of these finely crenulate lines over it ; the costal area is dark.
Secondary opalescent hyaline, with termen broadly blackish.
Expanse : 34 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where it occurs in March
and April.
140. Stictoptera rufa spec. nov.
c?. Head and thorax dark reddish brown, abdomen sooty brown. Primary
pale rnfous, with antemedial, meilial and postmeilial darker oblique lines, the latter
slightly waved ; a trace of a subterminal line of darker shading. Secondary dark
uniform sooty grey.
Expanse : 32 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, February.
Type in the Tring Museum.
141. Stictoptera meeki spec. nov.
(?. Head and thorax pale rufous, collar deep crimson, abdomen sooty grey.
Primary with base orange, very bright at its margin with the oblique antemedial
line ; rest of wing reddish, inclined to orange in the postmedial area ; medial line
waved ; postmedial line waved inwardly dentate ojiposite the reniform, which is
somewhat obscure ; subterminal line dentate, irregular. Secondary sooty black.
Expanse : 38 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, February.
Type in the Tring Museum.
142. Sadarsa purpurascens spec. nov.
(?. Head and collar deep purplish black, nietathorax purplish grey, abdomen
purplish black. Primary with the basal two-fifths of costa broadly deep jinrplish
black, paler beneath ; remainder of costa broadly pale fawn-brown tinged with
purplish ; innermarginal outer three-quarters purj)lish ; a medial line e.xcurved on
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the cell ; a postmcdial waved line ; a trace of a subtermiiial and teimiual dotted
Hue ; termen finely blackish. Secondary dark greyish brown, paler in the
cellular area.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hah. Aroa River, JIarch.
Type in the Tring Mnsenm.
Subfamily GONOPTERINAE.
143. Cosmophila kebeensis sjiec. nov.
(J. Head and thora.x pinkish red, abdomen grey. Primary grey suffused more
or less with red, especially on the outer two-thirds ; medial line fine dark grey from
the upper margin of the cell, slightly waved below the cell ; postmedial line almost
straight from the darkish reniform ; a fine waved line from the costa to vein 4,
where it is angled sharply inwards, ending abrujitly on vein 3 ; beyond this is a
slight grey scaling. Secondary uniform pale brown.
Expanse : 37 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
in July ; other specimens are in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River, March.
This species is near C. vitiemis Btl.; but, irrespective of the difference in colour,
the shape and direction of the lines differs also.
144. Cosmophila aroa spec nov.
(J. Head and thorax cinnamon-brown, abdomen brown with dark grey anal
tufts. Primary cinnamon-brown, sparingly irrorated with dark brown ; the dark
medial line oblique, slightly curved up to the lower margin of the cell, above which
it recedes and is V-shaped, the point of the V being basewards ; postmedial line
broadish oblique, slightly curved, being angled slightly outwards about veins 8 and 9;
a slight snbterminal shading from before the apex to veins 3 or 4 ; the orbicular
is a small white spot ; the reniform is represented by a darkish dash with a black
external dot. Secondary uniform jiinkish brown.
?. Like the male, but paler, the primary being pale ochreous brown.
Exj)anse : 3 40 mm. ; ? 43 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from tlie Kebea Range ; other sjiecimens
from the Aroa River, taken in March or Ajiril from both j'laces.
145. Cosmophila angulata spec. nov.
cj. Head, thorax and abdomen greyish ociireous. Primary greyish ochreous
with yellowish brown lines ; medial line angulated sharply from the costa to tlie
lower margin of the cell, whence it descends in a slight curve to the inner margin ;
postmedial line obtusely angled at vein il, whence it descends obliquely inwards to
near the lower angle of the cell, below where it takes a sliglit curve to the inner
margin ; beyond this line the ground colour is paler ; a subtermiual stripe of darker
shading roughly parallel with the termen, which is yellowish brown. The wing is
slightly irrorated with brownish. Secondary jiiukish brown, paler towards the base.
¥ . Like the male, but paler.
Expanse: J 44mm.; ¥ 41 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
iu= July.
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14(5. Cosmophila subpurpurea spec. nov.
(?. Head and collar ochreons pink, the latter with fine brown edging palely
tipped ; thorax reddish brown ; abdomen gre3-ish brown. Primary junkish brown,
with pale sepia brown shading bordering internally all the lines ; medial line
fractnred at the lower margin of the cell, below where it takes an irregnlar curve,
but is shifted inwards above the cell-margin, and ascends obliquely to the costa;
postmedian line oblique, nearly straight, e.xcept at the costa and inner margin, where
there is the least bend ; from the costa to vein 3 is a curved line, slightly angled
from the costa at vein 9; subterminal line with an ontward bend between veins
3 and 5, from whence it recedes gently to each margin ; a white point in the cell.
Secondary pinkish, becoming cream-coloured on the inner margin and towards the
base. Underside pinkish purple, exce])t at the inner margins, whicli are cream-
coloured.
Expanse : 46 mm.
Flab. The tyjie is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September. I have specimens from other localities taken in July and also in March ;
and in the Triug Museum are some from the Aroa River, February.
147. Cosmophila ekeikei spec. nov.
cJ. Head and thorax orange-red ; abdomen pinkish brown. Primary orange-
red ; antemedial line grey, with a slight outward curve, beyond which the ground
colour is less bright; medial line waved, descending from the prominent dark
reniform to the inner margin and receding slightly basewards ; an irregnlar fine
postmedial line from the costa to vein 2 or 3 ; in the type it terminates on vein 3 ;
a subterminal indefinite line of grey shading, orbicular, a white dot darkly encircled.
Secondary uniform brownish pink.
Expanse : 53 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in
January and February. I have specimens from other localities taken in March and
April high in the Kebea Range (6000 ft), also from lower places in July.
The reniform occasionally is almost white instead of dark grey.
148. Cosmophila mafalui spec. nov.
i. Head rufous ochreons ; thorax warm reddish brown ; abdomen pinkish
brown with pale laterals. Primary with the basal half of the wing purple-brown,
roughly margined by the medial line, beyond wliich the colour is paler cinnamon-
brown, rather darker in the terminal area ; au obscure grey basal line with an
outward curve ; medial line from the upper margin of the cell very irregular and
finely serrated ; postmedial line from the costa to vein 3, very irregular ; a sub-
terminal oblique indefinite stripe of darker shading ; a white point in the cell ;
reniform obscurely ontlined, followed by a blackish point beyond its upper
extremity, and by two blackish points beyond its lower extremity. Secondary
uniform brownish red.
? . Like the male, but with but little purple suffusion.
Expanse : 00 mm.
llab. The type is in my collection from Mafalu, where it was taken in August.
1 have specimens from other localities taken in March and April.
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Sinariola srf^n. nov.
Palpus, second segment well scaled, long, reaching above vertex ; third joint
very long, nearly bare, clnb-shaped ; antennae finely shortly ciliatc ; legs, middle
with one, hind with two pairs of spnrs. Neuration : Primary with veins 3, 4 and 5
from close to the lower angle, G from the n]iper angle, 7, 8, 0 and 10 stalked,
11 long from below the middle of the cell. Secondary, veins 3 and 4 from the
angle, 5 directly above the angle, 6 and 7 from the npper angle, 8 bent down to
touch the cell before its middle,
Costa of primaries dejiressed about the middle and again at tlie apex, below
which it is excavated, after which the termeu is strongly i)roduced forward, receding
gently from vein 4 to the toruns.
Type : Sinariola owgarra B-B.
140. Sinariola owgarra.
?. Head and thorax very dark nmlier-brown, abdomen dark brownish grey.
Primary very dark uniform umber-brown, with a trace of a dark waved medial line
and of a pale postmedial waved line incurved at vein 3. Secondary pale greyish,
becoming dark towards the toruns and less dark at the apex ; tornus and terminal
area irrorated with lavender-grey.
Expanse : 6U mm.
Hah. Owgarra, British New Guinea.
Type in my collection.
150. Sinariola rufa spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax jiale rufous, abdomen greyish, antennae with white scales
at their base. Primary dull uniform rufous, with an e^cnrved waved antemedial
line ; postmedial line obliipie with a short angle directly below the costa ; this
is followed by a similar fine almost parallel dotted line ; terminal area darker ;
reniform palely outlined. Secondary pale reddish greyish towards the base.
Ex]ianse : 50 mm.
llah. Owgarra.
Type in my collection.
151. Pseudogonitis pratti spec. nov.
?. Head, thorax and abdomen dull chocolate-brown. Primary dnll chocolate-
brown, with a trace of a whitish basal line ; a whitish ])i)int at the orbicular, and
two such jioints at the reniform ; postmedial line whitish, strongly serrate; a trace
of a dark snbterniinal line with three bhu'k points on veins 4, 5 and (! ; ajiex whitish
grey. Secondary dark grey, slightly paler towards the base.
Expanse : 42 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
in .July.
Paragonitis gen. nov.
Differs from Psntdogonitis in the jiiilpi being j)orrcct, the third segment being
very long and exjiauded at the tip, whilst veins 3, 4 and 5 of the secondary are
from the lower angle of the cell.
Type : Parayonitis strigocrenulata B-B.
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152. Paragonitis strigocrenulata spec. nov.
(?. Head and collar bright chestnut-red, thorax reddish brown, abdomen
brownish grey. Primary uniform reddish brown, with the autemedial dark line
fractured at the lower margin of the cell, the longer and lower part being almost
in the median area ; postmedial line fine dark crenulate, edged externally with
ochreons grey, followed immediately by a straight oblique dark line, edged externally
with pale ochreons grey; an ochreons point at the orbicular; reniforra ochreons
grey, with two black internal dots and the ochreons grey colour suffused outwards
between veins 3 and 6 to the oblique line ; a slight grey costal scaling in front of
apex, and a trace of a subterminal irregular stripe of darker sliading just beyond
the ol)li(pie line. Secondary reddish brown, becoming cream-coloured baseward.s.
Expanse : 45 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Eange, where it was taken
in July.
Gonopteronia gen. nov.
Palpi porrect, thickly scaled, second segment reaching above vertex, end
segment minute, proboscis well developed ; legs, tibiae clothed thickly with long
hair, midtibiae witli one pair of spines, hindtibiae with two j)air. Wings : Primary,
underside of cell clothed with long hair ; costa excavated at the base, then produced
forward into a shoulder, after which a slight excavation occurs again, with another
shoulder with a slight depression to apex, which is produced acutely ; termen crenu-
late, excised immediately below apex, produced to a point about vein 4, and excised
below slightly to toruus. Secondary long, with costa straight, receding rapidly from
the apex to the tornus, before which it is slightly excised. Neuration : Primary with
veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked, 9 given off from 10 to form the areole. Secondary with 5
from near lower angle, 3 and 4 and 6 and 7 from their respective angles. Genital
organs prominently exposed.
Type : Gonopteronia albopunctata B-B.
153. Gonopteronia albopunctata spec. nov.
(?. Head and collar che.st nut-red, the latter tipped with ochreons; thorax
rather darker red ; patagiae slightly tipped with ochreons ; abdomen pinkish brown.
Primary pale reddish brown, slightly ochreons at base, and with an ochreons patch
below the angle of vein 2 ; medial line dark, fine, outwardly oblique, irregular, and
strongly dentate ; postmedial line from near the lower angle of the cell to the inner
margin waved, bordering externally the ochreons jiatch ; a fine dark line from the
second costal shoulder to vein 3 dentate, preceded by some red patches between
veins 6 and 3, followed by a trace of a dark subterminal shading ; termen slightly
dashed (horizontally) with reddish ; the orbicular is a prominent small white spot ;
the reniform red, with a blackish dot beyond its upper margin and two such dots
beyond its lower margin. Secondary uniform brownish pink.
Expanse : .57 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikoi, where it was taken in May.
We have specimens from other localities in July and also in March and April, and
in the Triug Museum are otliers from the Arua River.
154. Gonopteronia fulminans spec. nov.
(?. Head and collar crimson-brown; thorax deep crimson-brown; abdomen
slate-brown, pinkish brown laterally ; third segment of palpi moderately long,
16
( 240 )
Primarv dark red-browu, slightly crimson at the base, with a trace of a dark basal
line of shading from in front of the first costal shonlder, which (shoulder) is very
prominent ; medial line from this shoulder outwardly obli(ine, with a short
semicircular curve in the middle ; postmedial line inwardly oblique from the
reniform, slightly waved, bordering a small orange-red patch below vein 2 ; beyond
this is a very irregular jagged fine dark lino from the costa to vein 2 ; an obscure
subterminal band of dark shading, a white point in the cell. Secondary dark
brownish grey.
? . Like the male.
Expanse : (? and ? 60 — 02 mm.
Bab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken in
March and April. In the Tring Museum are other specimens from the Aroa Kiver.
155. Capotena albicosta spec. nov.
c?. Head and thorax dark lilac-grey ; abdomen dark grey, with anal segment
pinkish white. Primary pinkish lilac-grey, with the costa narrowly but prominently
white ; two oblique pale parallel lines from one-third and two-thirds of the costa, the
inner line straight, the outer one curved just above the tornus to the inner margin ;
a subajiical curved series of four black dots, followed below by two more such dots.
Secondary dark grey, paler below the cell.
? . Like the male.
Expanse : S and ? , 46 mm,
Bab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where it was taken in March ;
other specimens from the Kebea Range, July.
This species is a close ally to C. elaina Swinhoe, which we have from the
same localities ; but the dull lilac-colour and the marked whitish costa will easily
difterentiate them.
156. Capotena subflava spec nov.
$ . Head and collar dark grey-brown, eyelashes rufous brown ; prothorax dark
grey-brown, with a short pale yellow central line ; patagia pale grey, with a dark
grey patch on its inner fore edge ; metathorax rufous brown ; abdomen velvety
black, with fine grey segmental divisions ; anal segment white ; thorax and abdomen
entirely whitish grey below. Primary pale lavender-grey, with the lower part of
the base suffused with greenish brown, followed by four oblique straight bands
of greenish olive-brown, the fourth band before the apex being short ; all these
bands are indefinite, the brown being suffused over the ground colour, but the first
oblique band is definite on its outer edge, and the third and fourth on their inner
edges ; the whole wing is finely irrorated, and is also finely streaked with short
oiive-browu dashes ; fringes whitish for the inner half, tipped with olive-brown.
Secondary blackish, pale grey and subhyaline below the cell.
Underside : Primary black, with the costa, apical area and termen bright
orange-yellow. Secondary blackish, subhyaline between veins 1 and 'I ; a hyaline
spot beyond the cell ; costa and apex bright orange-yellow.
? . Like the male.
Expanse : $ and ? , 55 — 66 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
in March and April ; other specimens from Pinawa, August,
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157. Capotena albotessellata spec, no v.
c?. Head dark reddish brown ; oollur orunge-brown ; thorax red-brown, with
metatliorax edged fine]}' with white; alidomen grey. Primary red-browu, extreme
base white ; a wliite streak along the fold to the tornns, where there is a white
patch ; two white outwardly oblique nearly parallel lines, the inner one straight
from the costa near the base, the outer one from a third from the apex, angled at
vein 4, where it curves back into the white fold streak ; termen finely white ; a
dark dot at the reniform. Fringe white at apex, brown below. Secondary dark
grey, pale between veins la and 2.
? . Like the male, but darker.
Expanse : S o2, ? 4.5 mm.
I/ab. The type is in my collection from Babooni, where it was taken in
September ; I have other specimens from Dinawa, where the species occurred
from May to July.
Sphingiforma gen. nov.
Differs from Capotena in the third segment of the palpi being long.
Neuration : primary, veins 6 and 7 from the areole ; a bar from 7 to 10 to form
the areole ; 8, 9 and 10 stalked from beyond the areole. Secondary with two
internal veins; cell very long, deeply excavated, especially in the male ; veins 3, 4
and 5 in the male not stalked as usual, but given off together from the common
origin, as in anastomosis ; in tlie female they are stalked as usual ; 6 and 7 joined
by a short bar ; wing excavated in male beyond vein 3 to near the toruus.
Type : Sphingiforma pratti B.-B.
158. Sphingiforma pratti spec. nov.
S- Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brownish grey, the latter with anal
segment pale lavender-grey ; the genital organs have long lateral whitish
retractible tufts. Primary lilac-grey, dull and dark for the basal half, paler
for the outer half ; the whole of the wing is finely irrorated with blackish ; a
trace of a dark medial line; a dark point in the cell; beyond this a dark, nearly
quadrangular costal spot ; a subterminal row of dark points. Secondary dark grey.
? . Similar in colour to the male, but the primary has an irregular oblique dark
basal line ; a broad oblique dark median band, angled outwards about vein \a, and
reaching the termen above the tornns — this stripe is very broad and dark in the
radial area ; a broad obli(iue baud from the costal spot bent round about vein 4 to
meet the median band; a short waved dark oblique stripe from in front of the apex.
Expanse : S 58, ? 52 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September; other specimens from Ekeikei in January.
Parelydna gen. nov.
Differs from Pseudeli/rliia in the third segment of the palpi being moderately
long, in the abdomen of the male being short ; the tibiae have no tufts of long hair ;
the midtibiae have one jiair and the hindtibiae two pairs of spurs ; veins 2 and 5
of the secondary from close to the lower angle ; veins 3 and 4 stalked. The primary
is broad, expanding considerably near the termen. The secondary is ample, has the
apex sharply angled, is excised sliglitly below it, and has a waved termen.
Type : Parelt/dna mirabilis B,-B,
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150. Parelydna mirabilis spec. nov.
rj. Head and tliora.x greenish yellow ; aliduinen smalt blue, witli white anal
segment. Primary a peculiar yellowish green, with a small oval pateh of raised
scales in the cell ; a broad white jwstmedinl stripe edged with a small blue jiatch
at the toruus, above which the stripe is finely edged with green, from whence to
the termen the colour is Indian red ; fringes whitish, blue at the tornus. Secondary
uniform smalt blue. Underside, both wings blue ; secondary with a white ape.x.
?. Exactly like the male.
Exjjanse : c? 32, ? 38 mm.
I/a/j. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where it occurred from January
to April. The species occurred at Mafalu (over 6000 ft.) in August, and is a
common species, as we have a long series from the various localities. Other
specimens in the Triug Museum from the Aroa River.
The species is a close ally of Pseudebjdna cijanea Snell., but is adiflPerent colour,
and the termen is quite diiferent. P. cyanea should be referred to this genns, as it
is not cogeneric with Pxeaclebidiui rufojiara.
160. Carea parallelaria spec. nov.
cJ. Head and thorax crimson-red, abdomen brownish. Primary crimson-red,
slightly lustrous, with darker red oblique median and postmedian parallel lines ;
the latter from the inuer margin to a dull redder cloud right across the wing.
Secondary pale reddish, with greyish base and inner margin.
? . Much greyer and paler than the male, with the medial line curved
obliquely and not parallel with the postmedial line, and with two dark jioints
in the cell, of which there is but the least trace in the S.
Expanse : S 37, ? 38 mm.
llah. The type is in my collection from tlie Kebea I'ange ; it was taken in
March and April. Other specimens from Ekeikei were captured in the same
months.
101. Carea unipunctata spec. nov.
$. Head and thorax reddish chestnut; abdomen yellowish, witli reddish anal
segment. Primary reddish chestnut, with the dark medial and jiostmedial lines
oblique and somewhat waved, with a dark spot at the end of the cell ; subterminal
area paler ; termen dark purplisli, apex acute, slightly falcate. iSi'condary orange-
yellow, paler on the inner margin.
¥ . Just like the male, but darker.
Expanse : i and ?, 40 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from tlic Kebea Kauge, wliere the sjiccies
occurs in March and April, and in July.
162. Carea flava spec. nov.
?. Head and thorax pale bnff-colour, abdomen pinkish. Primary, basal half
of wing pinkish ; terminating obliquely in this area is a short oblique blackish
costal dash near the base ; a broad greenish dash below the cell and two dark dots
in the cell ; between this pink area and the postmedial line is a triangular patch of
yellow, the costa being the base of the triangle and the apex in front of the tornus ;
iu this beyond the cell is a short double greenish black dash with an iudetinita
( 243 )
greenish slifwliiig above and a little in advance of it ; postmedial line donble, with
a white centre, nearly erect, but slightly hollowed, and extending basewards along
the costa for a sliort distance ; from this line nearly to the termen the ground colour
is pale lilac-pink ; termen yellowish. Secondary uniformly yellow, slightly paler
at the base ; fringes reddish.
E.xpanse : 48 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
in Jaly.
This species is near C. rliodophila ; but I believe that it is not a true Carea,
but should be jjlaced in the genns Careades, a new genus, described later on in this
paper.
163. Carea pratti spec. nov.
S. Head and collar velvety dark greenish brown, thorax and abdomen pale
ochreous. Primary pale oehreous with a broad dark oblique straight greenish
brown band from before the middle of the inner margin into the apex, beyond
which the ground is pinker ; the inner costal angle of the oblique band is filled
in with pale greenish brown ; termen greenish brown, tapering finely to vein 2.
Secondary pale yellowish orange, deeper towards the termen.
? . Exactly like the male in all particulars.
Expanse : 46 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
occurs in July.
Careades gen. nov.
Differs from Carea in that both the mid- and hindlegs are densely clothed with
long hair, the mid pair being clothed down to the end of the first segment of the
tarsus, the hind jiair down to nearly the end of the tarsus ; in the female the hair
is but little longer than usual. The costa (c?) of the primary is strongly waved ;
the apex is shortly . falcate ; termen excavated below the apex, then produced
outwards in a bold Curve. Secondary strongly excavated in front of the fold, which
(fold) is jn'oduced outwards into a slight lobe ; below, lying in the fold, is a long tuft
of silky hair.
Neuration with veins 6 and 7 from the areole, 8 and 9 forked, the latter given
ofi'from lU to form the areole. Secondary with veins 3 and 4 strongly curved from
the angle, lying touching each other for a short distance. Both cells very short.
Type : Careades sanguinea B-B.
164. Careades sanguinea spec. nov.
<?. Head and thorax deep crimson, abdomen dark grey. Primary dull magenta
brownish pink, the area between the antemedial and the obli(iue lines being quite
pale ; antemedial line fine, irregular, finely toothed inwardly on the upper margin of
the cell, with an ontward curve below this; an oblique broad dark stripe, margined
outwardly with blackish, beginning before the middle of the costa and ending
almost in the tornus ; a trace of an erect line of dark dentate shading from in
front of the a])ex into tiie tornus ; terminal area greenish brown : a fine black point
in the cell. Secondary basal half dark greyish brown, outer half red ; beneath in
the iunermarginal fold is a long tuft of dark red silky hairs.
? . Like the male in general colour and pattern, except that the oblicpie line
( 244 )
is reversed, being sliglitly oliliqne in the reverse direction, whilst the secondaries
are uniformly brown.
Expanse : c? 4S mm., ? 43 ram.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
March and April.
105. Careades ekeikei spec. nov.
3 . Head, collar and i)rothoras dark bronzy greenish grey, rest of thorax pale
ashy grey ; abdomen ashy grey, darker for the anal portion, with a buff anal tnft.
Primary, a pocnliar shade of pale olive grey, with a fine lunulate antemedial line,
and a very broad dark bronzy greenish obliqne line, edged outwardly by a double
line, the first blackish, the second very pale ashy grey ; beyond this the ground
colour is rather darker and greener, with a trace of an erect line of dark shading
in front of the lermen, which is tinged with greenish grey ; the oblique line is
shorter and less oblique than in the previous species. Secondarj' uniform very dark
grey ; beneath, lying in the fold, is a long tuft of long jiinkish hairs.
?. Like the male, except that the oblique line is nearly erect, and in front of
it is a large area of dark bronzy greenish colour.
Expanse : c? and ? , 44 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
March and April.
100. Careades falcataria spec nov.
c?. Head and thorax deep crimson, abdomen dark grey. Primary very dark
blackish crimson ; the antemedial line double, distinct on the costa, obscure below ;
the double oblique line, with a paler centre, is almost angled near the costa, below
which it is slightly waved into the tovnus ; beyond this the ground colour is
decidedly paler, except in the costal angle made by the oblique line ; the apex
is strongly hooked, and the termeu much produced near veins 3 and 4. Secondary
palish bright orange-red ; beneath, lying in the fold, a long tuft of carmine hairs.
Underside rufous in both the wings ; in the secondaries there is a long tuft of
red silky hair.
Expanse : 48 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect occurs in
January and February.
107. Careades fulva spec. nov.
c?. Head and tliordx reddish fawn-colour, the latter with a pale central stripe ;
abdomen dark greyisli. Primary reddisli fawii-colnur with two dark dots in the
cell ; no antemedial line ; the postmedial lino dark, palely edged, externally angled
on vein 0 to the costa ; beyond this line there is a broadish stripe of silvery lilac
shading. Secondary dull pinkish red with the fold dark greyish, in which beneath
lies a long tuft of ochreous hairs.
?. Similar in colour to the male, but pinker, with a fine slightly darker
antemedial line ; the posterior double line is evenly curved to below vein 2, where
it is angled inwards, and proceeds somewhat obliquely to the inner margin ; the
lilac shading is whiter and is freckled rather than simple shading. The secondaries
are paler than in the male.
( 245)
Expanse : (? 50 mm. ; ? 45 ram.
Bab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the insect
occurs in Marcli and April, and also in -January and February ; I have other
specimens I'rom Ekeikei captured in the same month.
168. Careades obliqua spec. nov.
i. Head and thorax pale reddisli, abdomen dark grey. Primary pale yellowish
red, with the antemedial line irregular and curved outwardly ; the medial line
oblique from the costa before the middle straight into the tornus, beyond which the
ground colour is paler ; a snbterminal erect interrupted line of dark grey shading
from the costa into the tornus ; a dark point in the cell. Secondary orange
reddish with the marginal fold dark grey, in which beneath lies a long tuft of bright
red hairs.
? . Like the male but darker, with the second line, and the postmedial one not
oblique but gently waved.
Expanse : c? 41 mm., ? 38 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
flies from March to June.
Kif). Careades subrubra spec. nov.
6. Head and thorax dark red, abdomen lilac-grey. Primary lilac-grey, with
the base dark to beyond the antemedial line, which is slightly angled at the
lower margin of the cell; postmedial line oblique, beat at the upper margin of
the cell ; two dark points in the cell ; au irregular band of pale snbterminal
shading ; termen dark bronzy brown. Secondary dull brick-red, with a dark grey
fold in which beneath lies a long tuft of deep crimson hairs.
? . Similar to the male but redder, and both the lines are double, the post-
medial one being less oblique with its inner costal angles filled in with orange
reddish.
Expanse : c? and ? , 40 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection, from Mount Kebea, where it was taken in
July ; I have other specimens from Dinawa captured in September.
170. Careades rubricosa spec. nov.
¥. Head and collar deep crimson, abdomen dark grey. Primary dark crimson,
with the antemedial line slightly curved and waved ; the postmedial line double,
slightly receding as in the previous species, but also somewhat hollowed internally ;
this line has a broad internal patch of darker dull red, the rest of the ground
colour being slightly shining ; termen dark red. Secondary uniform dark grey
with red fringes.
Expanse : 42 — 44 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in
March and April.
Paracarea gen. miv.
Differs from Careades B-B. in that the third segment of the palpi is very
long, nearly us long as the first and second together, and that it gradually
thickens to the tip, forming a slight club. The neuration of the primary is
similar to Carmdc.^, but in the secondary veins :5 and 4 are stalked.
Type : Paracarea rttbiyinea B-B.
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171. Paracarea rubiginea spec. uov.
?. Head and thorax bright red, abdomen reddish ochreons. Primary uniform
bright red, with a taint obliijne antoinedial line ; postmedial line faint, curved and
sliglitly waved ; a trace of a subtenuinal greyish shading ; two dark dots iu the
cell. Secondary reddish orange, with the base creamy ochreous.
Expanse : 40 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurs in
Angnst. I have specimens also from the Kebea Range, in July.
Subfamily QUADRIFINAE.
17-'. Catocala dinawa sjjec. nov.
? . Head, thorax and abdomen grey. Primary grey, finely irrorated witli blackish ;
antemedial line obscured below the cell ; postmedial line strongly angled beyond
the cell, very deeply serrate, obscure below vein 5 ; a whitish irroration is on the
costa near both these lines. Secondary yellow, with a curved broad blackish
termen from the costa to the tornus, tapering rapidly below vein 4 ; a small white
terminal patch below the apex.
Expanse : 07 mm.
Hab. The type is in my cullection from Dinawa, where it was taken iu
August.
Erygansa gen. nov.
S. Palpi, second segment reaching vertex, heavily scaled ; third segment long,
smooth ; antennae of (J with very fine short bristles ; thorax and prothorax with a
large spreading tuft, metathorax smoothly scaled ; abdomen with slight tufts on
proximal segments, anal tuft moderately large ; legs with all the tibiae heavily
clothed with hair ; mid- and hindtibia spined ; hindtarsi fringed with long hair to
the end segment. Neuration : Primary, veins 3, 4 and .5 from close to the angle.
Secondary, veins 3 and 4 stall<ed, 5 from the angle ; ternicn of both wings
crenulate.
Type : Enjgansa kebea B-B.
173. Erygansa kebea spec. uov.
3- Head and thorax brown, mottled with dark brown ; al)d<)mon dark grey.
Primary umber-brown, with the veins, except veins 1 and 12, broadly lined with
dark grey ; a short double basal pale line on the costa ; antemedial line double
and dark to abont vein 1 ; medial dark line double, interrnpted below the cell;
postmedial line dentate, produced outwards beyond the cell, beyond which are two
faint dentate lines ; a subterminal row of dark spots palely edged on the exterior ;
termen finely pale ; all the lines are somewhat difficult to trace. Secondary dark
grey, with the basal half jialer; fringes unevenly dark and pale alternately.
Expanse : 48 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collccti(jn, from the Kebea Range, where the species
occurs in March and April.
174. Erygia avola spec. nov.
?. Head and thorax brown, slightly rufous, barred with black; abdomen
brown, with tufts slightly reddisii. Primary brown, tinged with rufous ; base
dark margined by a double dark line ; medial line faint, slightly angled at each
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margin of the cell, lieyond which the area is ])ale ochveons brown, extending deeply
outwards along vein 3 up to 4, whence it recedes gently to the costa ; this area is
margined indefinitely with black, very broadly so below vein 3 ; subterminal line
black, irregular, somewhat spotted, angled outwards about vein 4, from whence it
takes a rough curve to the a])ex and the tornus ; a subterminal row of dark spots
palely edged externally. Secondary brownish, ochrcous along the costa, with a dark
line crossing the cell, followed externally by two similar lines, the outermost one
palely edged for the tornal half; termen darkly spotted ; fringes strongly crenulate.
Underside : both wings somewhat ochreous, the secondary strongly irrorated with
four dark lines across the wing, the third serrate, the fourth very broad.
Exjianse : 53 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection, from AvoJa, where it was taken in August.
175. Erygia kebeensis spec. nov.
? . Differs from E. acola m that it has no pale patch ; the postniedial line
is double, and only exists below the cell, beyond which is a patch of a greenish
olive colour, and above which on the costa is a large dark brown j)atch ; subterminal
line irregular, blackish, taking an iuward curve from tlie apex to vein 5, from
where it proceeds in a dentate line close to the termen into the tornns ; the
reniform is large and ochreous. On the underside the secondary has but two
transverse waved lines, which are more definite than in the previous species.
Expanse : 58 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
in Julj'.
170. Sypna angulilinea spec. nov.
6- Head and thorax dark brown, collar with a pale creamy basal line, patagiae
palely edged. Primary dark iimber-browu, witli a i)ale basal line to vein 1 ; medial
pale line, deejily angled outwards below the cell ; postmedial line confluent with
the medial at its angle, thus enclosing two large roughly triangular patches of the
dark ground, whose bases are respectively the costa and the inner margin ; almost
adjoining this line is a broadish pale brown line projected outwards along vein 4
to 5, whence it rises erectly to the costa ; from this line to the termen the ground-
colour is paler. Secondary greyish brown, with two dark transverse bands ; a pale
terminal spot below the apex and several smaller ones near the tornus.
Expanse : 00 mm.
IJab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species flies in
August. Other sjjecimens are in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River.
177. Sypna bella spec. nov.
Head and thorax warm chocolate-brown, the latter barred slightly with greyish,
having two large lateral tufts and a small central metathoracic one ; abdomen
brownish, with grey segmental divisions. Primary warm rufous brown, with a
basal grey curved line ; a double antcmedial bluish-grey broadly scalloped line with
a somewhat paler infilling, an irregular bluish-grey postmedial line followed by one
or two obscured lines, a large patch of olive-greenish occupying all the rest of the
wing except above vein 6, wluch is rufous brown ; a subterminal more or less
obscure serrate line ; termen with internervular bluish dashes. Secondary duller
brown, darker beyond the postmedial serrate indistinct line, with a darker tornal
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cloml. Apex witU three creamy white sjiots through the fringe, below which are
internervular pale l)luisli dashes.
Expanse : 7U mm.
Type in my collection from Mafiiln. August.
The greenish patch appears to he somewhat evanescent.
178. Ercheia certa spec. uov.
?. Head and thorax sepia brown, with a paler central stripe through each ;
abdomen dark grej-, with sepia brown dorsal tnft. Primary sepia brown, with the
main veins dark grey, thus the basal area is mostly dark grey ; an obscure trace
of a postmedial dotted line, and traces of a double serrate 1 line beyond it : sub-
terminal line pale evanescent in the apical paler half, but visible below vein 5 ;
a darkish apical costal patch; a ]iale triangular small patch about vein 4, showing
plainly in the dark terminal area ; inner margin rather jialer than the ground
colour. Secondary dark grey, with a good-sized white central spot ; fringes dark,
white between veins 1 and 2 and between veins u and 0.
Underside : Primary dark, with a broad, postmedial j)ale band ; termen pale
chestnut brown. Secondary, basal half pale ochreous with a dark cell-sjjot and a
dark waved median band ; outer half dark grey.
Expanse : 56 mm.
The type is in my collection from ])inawa, where it occurred from May
to July.
17'J. Ercheia ekeikei spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax dark slate-grey, abdomen grey. Primary pinkish ochreous
above vein 1 ; outer half of wing somewhat smoky, below vein 1 dark lilac-grey ;
a basal line bordering a slightly darker area ; a strongly excnrved dark postmedial
line to vein 4, outside which is a darker smoky triangular costal patch ; reuiform
large, whitish grey ; subterminal line ])ale to vein 5, darker below ; a small dark
spot at the apex, and a dark iudeliuite curved band from half along vein 1 up to
vein 5 on the termen, in which below the origin of vein 2 is a pale creamy yellow
dash ; the iunermarginal grey area is edged above by a whitish line. Secondary
dark grey, with three i)ale sjjots.
Expanse : 54 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
January and February. I have specimens also from the Kebea Range taken in
July.
The species is somewhat near K umirosa Btl., but can be readily recognised
therefrom.
180. Ercheia styx si)ec. nov.
c?. Head brown, thorax dark brown with a paler central stripe, abdomen
dark grey. Primary purplish brown, with a broad central stripe along the cell
and nearly into the termen of a pale manve-grey, all the lines except the postmedial
being more or less interrui)te(l by it; antemedial blackish line serrated on the costa,
medial line obsolescent, jiostmedial line strongly jiroduced outwardly beyond the
cell, below vein 5 broad and dark ; subterminal line pale, similar in shape, receding
to the inner margin, where it is almost white ; below the cell is a paler dash finely
margined with dark brown ; beyond this is a short pale creamy dash, from which
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a dark stripe extends to the termen ; termen with a pale spot about vein 4.
Secondary dark grey, with a small central creamy spot. Fringes dark, pale between
veins 1 and 2 and between 5 and 6.
Expanse : 46 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
March and April.
This species will come next to E. churon Btl.
ISl. Ercheia kebea spec. nov.
Head dark brown ; collar and thorax pale chestnut-brown, darkly irrorated, a
dark central prothoracic spot; abdomen dark grey, with a dark chestnut tuft on
the proximal segments. Primary brown ; basal area dark purplish to the lower
margin of the cell, below wliich it is jjale ochreous at the base, shading into dark
irrorated chestnut-red brown, the whole edged by the wavy dark antemedial line,
at the end of which the inner margin is produced into a lobe deeply excavated
on the exterior; beyond this line the area is paler, with a slight lavender-grey
suffusion, with a dark spot below the angle of vein 2 ; postmedial line faint,
produced well forward to vein 4, where it recedes to the inner margin ; beyond
this line the ground colour is darker, sepia brown, very dark on the costa up to
the apex ; two creamy points at the end of the reniform; termen finely dotted
with blackish. Secondary dark grey, with an interrupted j^ale medial baud from
the cell to the inner margin, beyond which the colour is very dark ; fringes blackish,
creamy from vein 1 to 2 and from 5 to 0.
Expanse : 58 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Mount Kebea, where the insect occurs
in March and April. We have specimens from other lower localities in January
and February, and from the high localities in May and June. In the Tring
Museum from the Aroa River are others.
1S2. Hypocala kebeae spec nov.
? . Head and thorax dull rnfous brown ; abdomen alternately banded black
and yellow. Primary uniform dull rufous brown, with a darker shading beyond the
cell ; sparingly irrorated with black points edged internally with grey ; a small
bluish grey spot at the tornus with a black pupil, above which is a whitish jjoint ;
termen palely dotted. Secondary black, with a double yellow spot at the tornus ;
a yellow streak in the cell expanding into a spot beyond it ; a yellow stripe on the
fold, separated from the yellow cell by the black ground colour.
Underside black, reduced, especially on the secondary, where it is but a small
spot in the cell and a bar at- the tornus.
Expanse : 49 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
flies in March and April.
183. Hypocala pratti spec. nov.
$. Head and central stripe of thorax pale cinnamon-brown, thorax purplish
brown, abdomen yellow with narrow dark grey dorsum. Primary reddish fown-
brown, redder below the cell ; a short double basal line, an oblique antemedial
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(lonlile line strong!}' cxcnrved in tlie fold, postmcdial line double, stronglj- excui'ved
beyond the cell and sliglitly crennlatc ; both stigmata darkly tilled in and encircled ;
snbterminal line whitish snbcrenulate, a])ical half of terineu whitish grey. Secondary
pale yellow with very broad black termen tapering down at the tornns, a white
terminal patch below vein 7.
Expanse : 40 mm.
Ilalj. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the species occurred in
May and Jnne ; it is also in the Tring Mnseum from the Aroa River in March.
Pseudozalissa gen. nov.
Palj)i n{)turued, end segment erect, reaching above the vertex, third segment
scaled. Nenration : Primary, veins 3 and 4 near the angle, 5 from below the
middle of the discocelliilars, 6 from directly below the npper angle, 7 from just
above the angle, bent down at a third and sliglitly depressed to the termen ; 8
and 9 on a short stalk given off from 10 to form the areole. Secondary, with
3 and 4 from the angle, 5 from below the middle of the discocellulars, C and 7
from the upper angle.
Type : I'semlozulisHa bella B-B.
184. Pseudozalissa bella spec. nov.
(J ? . Head pinkish cinnamon, collar dark red fawn-colonr, thorax jiale
cinnamon-brown with palest greenish-white shining patagiae ; abdomen yellow
with banded dark and pale terminal segments. Primary pale lilac grey with
waved dark antemedial line, outside which is a dark spot ; postmedial line
irregular, arising in a small snow-white triangular costal patch ; inside this line is
a patch of rich dark purplish red colour extending down towards the inner margin,
au apical patch of very pale greenish grey, snbterminal line serrate, white ; termen
below vein fi dark purplish, between veins 4 and 5 a purplish spear-shaped dash.
Secondary pale yellow with a very broad dark termen tapering down to the anal
angle, a subapical white terminal narrow patch.
Expanse : 50 mm.
Hab. The species occurred at Dinawa and Ekeikei in March and April, and
again in August.
The type is in my collection ; it is also in the Tring Museum, from the Aroa
River.
184. Nyctipao dentifascia obscura subspec. nov.
Similar to N. dentifascia Wlk., but entirely witliout any white stripe or white
spots on either wing.
Hab. Ekeikei (1500 ft.), May.
AVe have the ordinary form of N. detitifascia Wlk. from the mountains, hut
all the specimens from the low distri(tts are of this dark form.
l8.">. Polydesma pratti spec. nov.
?. Frons and pal|)i reddish brown; collar brown tipped with |)ale green;
thorax ])ale green ; patagiae with a brown stripe across near the tips ; abdomen
pale greyish brown ; legs dark brown ringed with cream, a pale green patch on the
fore- and midtibiae. Primary pale jiea-greeu, with two brown basal points ; an
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irregular tapering subbasal brown patch, widest on tbe costa, edged with white
externallj-, followed by an irregular white antemedial line ; a triangular brown patch
above the end of the cell, edged with wliite internally, from which is an irregular
white line to the inner margin, which is edged internally by a brown line, witii brown
spots near the margin and short brown dashes by the cell ; a postmedial irregular
white line rising from a dark costal dot; a large brown patch at the apex, and
a smaller one at the tornns ; termen finely dark. Fringes pale greenish, intersected
with pale brown, slightly crenulate. Secondary brown, paler near the base, with an
interrupted pale terminal line.
Undersurface dark brown ; primary with a pale costal patch in front of the
apex and a postmedial darker line ; secondary, a dark spot in the cell and a medial
and postmedial dark line.
Expanse : 46 mm.
I [ah. The tyjie is in my collection from the Kebea Range ; the species flies in
March and April.
18(i. Polydesma brunneistriga spec. nov.
Head, tliorax, and abdomen greyish. Both wings whitish grey. Primary with
two small rusty-browu basal spots, an interrupted double antemedial rusty-brown
line ; a rusty-brown broad dash into the reniform ; an irregular costal short streak
before the extremely broad and irregular postmedial area of rusty brown ; termen
with fine dark points. Secondary with no marks except the very broad postmedial
area as in the primary.
Expanse : 55 mm.
Hah. Aroa River, February and March.
Tyi)e in my collection, and other specimens in the Triug Museum.
188. Panilla aroa spec. nov.
S- Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous grey. Primary ochreous grey, with
an antemedial and medial line enclosing a slightly darker area with centre
paler ; costa darkly clouded ; postmedial pale line irregular, edged externally with
a dark costal j)atch, below which is a second similar patch ; subterminal pale line
serrate , an anteterminal row of dark points. Secondary with the basal two-thirds
ochreous grey ; terminal third pinkish, with a broad dark medial stripe with two
blackish dashes across the cell, followed by a pale greyish area ; postmedial line
very obscure ; an anteterminal row of black points.
?. Like the male, but olivaceous grey with the markings generally somewhat
obscured.
Expanse : c? 24 mm., S 28 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, February and March.
Type in the Tring Musenm.
189. Catephia rufostrigata spec. nov.
(J. Head and thorax dark reddish brown, irrorated with chocolate brown ;
patagiae with a blackish line edged with rusty-brown ; metathoracic tuft greyish ;
abdomen dark brownish with reddish dorsal tufts. Primary dark reddish brown,
with a broad rusty stripe from the base through the coll to the termen, slightly
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angled at the loner eud of the cell ; this stripe interrupts all the markings ; basal
line slightly rust}' and obscure ; a trace of an antemedial and postmedial stripe, bnt
it is obscure : subtermiiial rnsty stripe dentate ; below the cell tliere is a velvety
blackish shading, and the wing is more or less mottled with similar coloured spots
or j)atches. Secondary blackish, with a white centra! patch to beyond the ceU.
Expanse : 52 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where it was taken in January
and February.
190. Catephia alboplagiata spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax dark mottled brown, the latter with a large white tnft on
the metathorax ; abdomen dark brownish grey with a white dorsal ridge on the
proximal segments. Primary dark brown, somewhat mottled with blackish ;
antemedial line double, dentate, with its centre paler ; medial line obscure, post-
medial line double, dentate with a ])aler brown centre ; subterminal line obscure ;
a large creamy white oval spot below veins 10 and 11, below it on the inner
margin a greyish white smaller spot. Secondary blackish, with a central white
patch to beyond the cell.
Exjianse : 53 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies in March
and Ajiril.
191. Catephia mediogriseata spec. nov.
? . Heiid and thorax mottled dark brown ; abdomen blackish grey. Primary
base dark brown spotted with velvety blackish, the spots finely edged with reddish ;
the whole of the median area greyish white, grizzled with dentate lines, with a black
dot in the cell followed by the black reniform ; beyond this area the wing is paler
reddish brown, with the dentate postmedial line on its inner edge obscured ;
the subterminal line irregular and paler; termen jmlely dotted. Secondary blackish
with a white central jiatch to beyond the cell.
Expanse : 4G mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies in
January and February.
192. Catephia dinawa spec. nov.
<?. Head and thorax olive-brown, sparingly irrorated with whitish; metathoracic
trift slightly chestnnt-colour ; abdomen pale grey with reddisli brown tufts
Primary, base dark greyish ; rest of wing slate-grey ; botli areas somewhat
shaded in parts with olivaceous. Antemedial dark line bordering the dark basal
area very irregular, projected outwards below the cell, then receding rapidly ;
postmedial line black, strongly dentate in parts; subterminal line angled below the
apex and becoming obsolescent ; reniform darkly outlined ; termen finely dark and
darkly dotted Secondary with basal half white; terminal half blackish grey.
Expanse : 34 mm.
Ilnh. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in August;
we have specimens also from other localities.
The species is near C. perdricipi'nnix Mooi-e, but diti'ers in the shape and
position of both the antemedial and postmedial lines.
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193. Catephia pulchristrigata s]>ec. nov.
<?. Head and thorax purplish brown, abdomen purplish grey. Primary dark
velvety purjilisli brown, witli a short basal line into the cell ; autemedial line pale
ochreous brown, with a dark centre ; sharjily waved and oblique from the costa
into the cell, where it is very acutely angled, the angle being formed by a short
inward curve, after which it curves outwardly to the inner margin ; beyond this is
a broad median band of cream-colour, shading into crimson at the two margins and
edged externally by a white evenly curved line ; jjostmedial line broad, dark, finely
edged with ochreous brown, oblique to vein 6, where it is angled suddenly and
acutely inwards ; at vein 5 it assumes an oblique direction to about vein 2, where it
is acutely angled by a sharp inward curve to the inner margin; a steely-blue ocellus
with an olive iris and encircled finely with blackish occupies this curve up to the
tornus ; a large subapical costal jiatch is edged finely with ochreous brown, followed
by three smaller similar oval spots below it ; terminal area broadly pale purplish ;
termen finely ochreous, preceded by a fine double dark waved line. Secondary
blackish grey, with a broad median oblique band of bluish white into the tornus ;
fringes dark, with a white patch below the a])ex.
?. Like the male, but paler; all the lines whitish and very distinct, the pale
median band represented only by a white line ; the internal middle angle of the
postmedial line has two small ocelli somewhat below it, obliquely placed.
Expanse : c? 80, ? 87 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
flies in March and April ; other examples from Dinawa in the same months, and in
August from various localities ; and in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River are
other specimens.
194. Catephia splendens spec. nov.
<J. Similar in its main pattern to the previous species, but the area between
the white curved line and the postmedial, instead of being filled in with deep
velvety purplish brown, is slightly cream-coloured at first, shading rapidly into
a beautiful pale olive ; near the white line in this area is a dark purplish C-mark ;
the purplish pale terminal area is broader than in the previous species.
?. Precisely the same differences between the sexes obtain as in 0. pulchri-
strigata B-B., but the area outside the white curved line up to the postmedial line
is whitish bine with the same dark C-mark as in the male.
Expanse : t? 81, ? 83 mm.
llab. The type is in my collcotioa from Babooni, where the species occurs in
July to September, and again in March and April; other examples from Ekeikei,
taken in the same months. It is a rare species.
195. Catephia hampsonia spec. nov.
6. The general pattern of the j)rimary is as in 0. pulchristrigata B-B., except
that the broad creamy median band is reduced to a cream-coloured curved line,
whilst the acute angle of the autemedial line is extended outwards into this line ;
in the secondary the bluish-white band is altered to a large bluish-white patch.
The sexes are both exactly the same in every particular, and the insect is decidedly
smaller than either of its allies.
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Expanse : <? and ?, 74 mm.
Hub. Tlio type is in my collcctioQ i'roni the Kebea Range, where the insect
oeenrrod iu Jnly ; other specimens from Babooni taken same mi>nth ; also from
other high hicalities in July anil August.
These three beautiful species are closely allied, but 1 have no doubt they are
distinct ; we have both the sexes represented in each case, and in a long series of
pulch-istrigata there are no intermediate forms.
190. Aedia melas spec, no v.
c?. Head, thorax and abdomen darkly mottled brown, thorax and abdomen
with chestnnt-colonred tufts. Primary dark reddish brown ; antemedial line waved,
beyond which the medial area is very dark ; postmedial line almost crennlate ;
oblif^ne from the costa to about vein 5, where it is sharply angled, and from wliere
it descends to the inner margin, receding basewards very slightly ; beyond this line
the costal area is pale reddish brown ; apex darkish brown ; subtermiual line pale
red-brown, white below vein 6 and interrupted; a whitish spot just above the
tornus ; reniform greyish, from whence there is a jiale greyish band to the termen.
Secondary black, with a white central patch to beyond the cell ; fringes black,
white at the tornus and below the apex.
Expanse : 37 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Ekcikei, where the species flies in
March and April ; other examples in the Tring Museum from the Aroa River.
197. Aedia costiplaga spec. nov.
?. Head and thorax grizzly brown; abdomen brown. Primary lilac-brown;
base finely irrorated with pale grey scales slightly raised ; two subtriangnlar
nmber-brown patches on the costa at the middle and before the apex ; at the
base of the costa and midway between it and the central patch is a dark point ;
below the former on vein 2 is a similar coloured small spot. Secondary uniform
darkish brown.
Expanse : 36 mm.
Hab. The type is iu my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
Jaunary and February.
198. Cyclodes pulchra spec. nov.
c^. Frons whitish ochreous ; vertex of head ochreous brown ; collar i>ale brown
tijiped with wliitisli : thorax brownish, barred with lilac-grey ; metathorax and tijis
of jiatagia yellowish brown, barred with whitish ; abdomen whitish grey with fine
dark segmental divisions, with a triangular reddish brown dorsal patch. Primary
greyish brown, with bronzy green irrorations over the basal half ; the outer half
is paler and strongly irrorated with lilac-grey ; a bronzy green ocellus below the
costa encircled successively with fine lines of bluish, of black and of greenish white,
edged externally by the antemedial j)ale line, which is angled and double below
the ocellus : a small patch of bluish scales is also below the ocellus ; medial line
darkish, slightly obscure ; postmedial line strongly waved and irregular to vein 3 ;
edged indefinitely internally by whitish ; a broad blackish strijie angled in the
middle from the end of the costal vein to vein 3 on the termeu ; a dark subterminal
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line, a whitish patch above the tormis. Secondary with base pale lavender-grey,
followed by a broad dark transverse band with goldeu-bi'own liairs ; a broad pale
lavender-grey band, in wliich is a cnrved dark line, fuilovved by a broad blackish
area nearly up to the ternien, with a shortish whitish-grey tornal stripe ; termeu
lavender-grey, in which is a fine black subterminal line ; fringes golden brown.
Underside with the ])ectns orange. Secondary strongly irrorated with lavender-
grey, with a postmedial dark sinuate line ; lower margin and end of cell sharply
outlined witli black.
?. Like the male but darker, and all the lines more defined, especially the
subterminal, which iu that sex is very evanescent.
Expanse : c? 84, ? 97 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Mafalu, where the insect occurs in
August.
Paragarista gen. nov.
Palpi with second segment reaching the vertex scaled, end segment long,
smoothly scaled ; antennae simple ; legs with tiliiae spined. Neuratiou : Primary
with vein 4 from the angle, 3 and 5 close to angle, 6 from the upper angle; 7, 8
and 9 stalked, the latter given ofl:' from 10 to form the areole. Secondary with
veins 3 and 4 from the lower angle, 5 from close to the lower angle, 6 and 7 from
the upper angle.
Type : Paragarista alboiitriata B-B.
199. Paragarista albostriata spec. nov.
c?. Head and thorax blackisli, collar with greyish irmrations and broadly edged
with deep yellowish ; thorax with centre entirely deep yellow and proximal segment
of abdomen ileep yellow, rest of abdomen black with white anal tuft. Primary
black with short subbasal bluish-white line ending in a white spot in the fold,
medial curved line pale bluisli, ending in a small whitish spot and edging
internally, a brown pear-shaped mark which adjoins a deep black ovate [)atch
edged finely with jiale bluish, a large white patch on the inner margin confluent
with a pure white postmedial stripe expanding broadly into the tornus, having a
black patch on the inner margin, an irregular bluish white line from the apex into
the white stripe at vein 2 ; secondary wholly black.
Expanse : 58 mm.
Hab. Aroa River ; March.
Type in my collection ; other specimens in the Tring Museum.
~'ii). Ophiusa kebea spec. nov.
cj. Head and thorax cinnamon-brown ; abdomen pale ochreous brown.
Primary pale cinnamon-brown; antemedial line fine, oblique; postmedial line
curved outwards to about vein 4, then receding rapidly basewards almost to meet
the antemedial line ; subterminal line pale lilac, with a dark edging on each side,
slightly oblique, nearly straight ; termen with a fine .scalloped line close to it ;
terminal area slightly lilaceous ; the whole wing is sparingly and finely irrorated
with black ; the area beyond the postmedial line is darker ; reniform distinct, darkly
outlined. Secondary pale ochreous grey, with a broad dark postmedial area tapering
towards the tornus, but not extending up to the termen.
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Expanse : 64 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where it was taken
in July ; otlier examples in the Tring Mnscum from the Aroa River in Fobrnary.
This species is somewhat near 0. certior Walker.
201. OpMusa lilacea spec. nov.
(?. Head and thorax pale cinnamon greyish brown ; abdomen greyish brown.
Primary with the area np to the medial line suffused with pale lilac, without
any lines ; medial line dark, crossing the end of the cell, slightly obliipie, (juite
straight, followed by a pale line which is edged by a dark line, slightly inter-
ru2jted beyond the cell ; this is edged by a fine lilac line np to vein .5, where it is
produced forward and is angled nearer the costa, becoming finely brown ; the wing
is cinnamon-brown beyond this line, but shades very gradually into pale lilac-grey
at the termen ; three white points on the costa before the apex ; a dark spot between
veins 6 and 7 below the third white point. Secondary pale greyish to tlie end of
the cell, from whence it is dark to the apex, there being a jjale short tornal stripe ;
termen whitish up to vein 6.
Expanse : 66 mm.
JIab. The type from the Kebea Range is in my collection, where the insect
occurs in July.
202. Ophiitsa subumbra spec. nov.
2 . Head and collar cinnamon-brown, finely and sparingly irrorated with black ;
thorax pale brownish grey, finely irrorated with black ; abdomen brown. Primary,
base j)inkish brown, becoming greenish brown in the median area and quite dark
at the postmedial line. A trace of a fine short basal line, and also of an indefinite
medial line ; postmedial line slightly oblique, double, the inner one being dark
reddish and the outer one dark grey ; the line is curved slightly from vein 7 to the
costa ; a trace of a pinkish serrate double-angled subterminal line ; area beyond
the postmedial line darkish grey ; termen deep nmber-brown, except at the apex.
Secondary uniform dark brown. Underside, both wings dark umber-brown, without
any lines or marks.
Expanse : 66 mm.
The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species occurs
in July.
203. Ophiusa ekeikei spec. nov.
c?. Head and thorax pale grej-ish brown, abdomen pale brownish grey. Primary
with base np to medial line ochreons brown, irrorated with pale grey ; a short basal
line from the costa into the cell ; medial line outwardly oblique, waved, double, with
its centre ])ale ; beyond this line the wing is pali' lilac-grey, shading rapidly into
brownish ; postmedial line consisting of three or four golden-brown serrated indefi-
nite lines, edged externally by a fine blackish line ; the whole is very broad and
darkish, and is strongly excurved from about vein 7 to vein 2 ; a trace of a dentate
pale subterminal line ; termen lilac-grey ; the costa is broadly irrorated with
ochreous grey to well beyond the postmedial line. Secondary blackish, paler at the
base, a broad oblique medial stripe ; termen with a white patch above the apex, and
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below it, and also at the tornns ; the latter, with the medial strijie, is slightly bluish
in parts.
Underside : Primary with a broad whitish, slightly interrupted, oblique
band; secondary strongly irrorated with grey, and with a blackish patch at the
tornns.
Expanse : 65 mm.
Hub. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species flies in
March and April.
This .species is probably a local race ot O. melicerte Drury, but the colour differs
considerably, whilst the composite postmedial baud is also diverse.
204. Ophiusa serratilinea spec. nov.
(?. Head and tiiorax reddish brown, with a plum-colonred bloom over all ;
abdomen slate-grey. Primary pale reddish brown, with a jinrplish suflfusion, more
or less over all the wing, but specially over the basal half; a short waved pale
chestnut stripe with a dark centre ; antemedial line irregular, broad, waved and
indented, nearly erect ; postmedial lino serrate, angled about vein 9, followed by
a similar fine dark reddish line, with a pale external edging with whitish points at
each crennlation on the veins ; apical patch as in 0. iUibata Fab. ; termen broadly
bright lavender, barely reaching the toruus. Secondary dark blackish grey, with a
steely blue reflection ; a pale medial stripe angled at vein 2 ; termen bright lavender,
not extending quite to the apex.
? . Like the male, but altogether darker.
Expanse : S 75, ? 80 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs from
January to April. We have specimens from all the localities, but it is by no means
common.
205. Ophiusa dentilinea spec. nov.
? . Head and thorax dark purplish brown, finely irrorated with greyish ;
abdomen greyish brown. Primary dark reddish brown ; basal line short, whitish
from the costa ; antemedial and medial lines whitish, waved, parallel, enclosing
a white dot in the cell ; postmedial line whitish, dentate, strongly produced
outwards on vein 7, receding rapidly below, and produced forwards again to a less
extent to vein 2, below which it again recedes to the costa ; area between medial
and postmedial lines very dark, area beyond the latter paler and purplish brown ;
a dark oblique dash from the apex ; a dark spot on veins 3 and 4, below one another,
and a dark spot near the tornus on vein 1 ; termen finely edged by a dark scalloped
line. Secondary uniform dark brown.
Expanse : 52 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from the Keliea Range, where the species
occurs in March and April.
20G. Ophiusa acutissima spec. nov.
? . Head, thorax and abdomen greyish brown. Primary with base dark umber-
brown, edged by a whitish strongly waved line ; median area, basal part pale pinkish
grey, gradually shading into darkish olive-brown, and edged externally ; the dark
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postmedial line is edged by a whitish line ; this line is very acutely angled along
vein fi, where it is liighly produced outwards, receding in a short curve, and being
jiroduced forward to a less extent between veins 4 and 5, below where it recedes to
vein 2, and is again angled forwards ou vein 1 ; area from this line greyish brown,
with a creamy whitish patch on the costa above the acute angle; subterminal line
interrujited, obscure, with a small dark jiatch at the apex and a smaller one below
it; reniform dark grey. .Secondary dark greyish brown, with a broad iudetinite
medial line and a dark straiglit oblique postmedial line from the tornus to about
vein 6, the ground-colour being very dark on the inside of this line and pale greyish
on the outside, being edged with whitish near the tornus.
Expanse : 40 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect flies in
January and February.
2117. Ophiusa subacuta spec. nov.
S. Head and thorax olive-brown, abdomen with a greyish tinge. Primary
with base olive-brown, edged by a double line, the first being dark, the second jiale
pinkish ; a short basal line on the costa ; median area jiinkish, edged internally by
the antemedial line, but extending over the medial dark curved line, beyond where
the area gradually shades into olive brown, becoming very dark on the postmedial
line, this line being produced strongly forward into a very acute angle about vein 6,
where it recedes in an irregular curve, and is obtnsely angled forwards about
vein 2 ; area from this line pale pinkish brown, a dark dash from the apex into the
acute angle ; termen edged by a fine scalloped dark line. Secondary uniform dark
brown, with a short tornal whitisii dentate dash in a darker subterminal area.
Ex])anse : 52 mm.
Jhtb. The type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
occurs in March and April.
208. Ophiusa insig'nifica sjiec. nov.
i. Head and thorax dull olive-bruwn, abdomen greyish brown. Primary
purplish brown, darker from the medial to the postmedial line, reddish beyond
the latter ; antemedial line waved, slightly oblique, followed by a white dot in the
cell ; medial line dentate near the costa, waved below the cell ; postmedial line
dark, sharply defined, edged externally with white, angled obtusely outwards about
vein 6 ; apex dark, with a dark dash to the angle ; termen pale lilac, edged with a
fine dark purjdish scalloi)cd line. Secondary uniform dark brown.
Underside with a crenulate postmedial line in the primary. Secondary with
three lines across the wing, the postmedial being strongly crenulate.
Expanse : 44 mm.
Jl((b. Tiie type is in my collection from the Kebea Range, where the species
occurs in March and A])ril ; other examples are in the Tring Museum from the
Aroa lliver.
209. Ophiusa vulgaris siiec. nov.
?. Head and thorax pale brown, abdomen greyish brown. Primary pale
lilac-brown up to the end of the cell, becoming bronzy-brown and very dark at the
postmedial line, beyond where the wing is wiiitish lilac-grey, except at the apex,
( L^59 )
which is lustrous ciiestiint-brown ; iiutemciliul ihirk line straight, slightly ()l)li(iiie ;
postmedial line whitish, curved near the costa, then straight to the inner margin.
Secondary dark greyish witli a medial whitish line ; a whitish small patch on the
termen near the toruns ; fringes pnrc white below the apex.
Expanse : 50 mm.
Hub. The tyi)e is my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in
January and February.
210. Ophiusa medioalbata spec. nov.
?. Head ami tliorax bright orange, abdomen dark brown. Primary dark
brown with two small basal whitish spots ; a broad white median band and a
white subreniform small costal patch midway between the white band and the
aj)ex ; fringes white. Secondary uniform blackish brown, with white fringes.
Expanse : 48 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect occurs in
May and Juno.
This sjiecies will come between 0. froniiiuis Drury and latizonu Btl.
211. Ophiusa sublutea spec. nov.
?. Head and thorax pale orange-brown, abdomen orange-yellow with a large
triangular black dorsal patch in front of the anus. Primary deep reddish with an
indefinite black basal line not lower than the cell, a grey dot in the cell ; reniform
grey for its lower half; an interrnpted deeply serrated pale subterminal line, ending
in a suboval pale grey tornal ])atch ; a black spot in the deep serration below the
apex, and a smaller one in the angle below vein 4. Secondary uniform chrome-
yellow, with two black confluent spots on veins 5 and G.
Expanse : 60 mm.
Ilah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in
March and April ; other examples are in the Tring Blusenm from the Aroa River.
1 have a male from Mafalu (GOOO ft.), but the primaries are creamy colour ; it has,
however, every appearance of being worn, and I liave therefore described the fresh
female. The species will come next to O. Jigcrimiuans.
212. Ophiusa kenricki spec. nov.
cJ. Head and thorax bright chrome-yellow, the latter with a broad central
stripe of purplish red ; abdomen yellow. Primary chrome-yellow, with the
orbicular a small grey spot finely encircled with red ; reniform grey, finely
encircled with red ; a reddish purplish patch on the costa by the ape.x ; a much
larger similar coloured patch at the tovnus, in which is an oval greyish sharply
defined patch occnjiying the tornus itself ; the pur|)lish reddish colour extends
along the inner margin, tapering rapidly basewards to a fifth from the base ;
terminal area between the two patches very broadly i)ale reddish ; termen spotted
with grey ; a few grey spots in front of the ai)cx rcjiresenting the subterminal line.
Secondary pure spotless chrome-yellow.
Expanse : 78 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Mafalu, where it occurred in August ;
it is a very beautiful insect, and a rare one.
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213. OpMusa pallida subplaga subspec. uov.
c?. Similar to 0. pallida Walker, but in the secondary there is no broad black
band, its place being partially occupied by a largish black oval patch in the
postmedial area between veins 3 and G.
Hab. Mafaln, 6000 ft., August.
Type in my collection.
214. Lagoptera pratti spec. nov.
(J. Head and thorax greenish lilack, with mctathoracic tuft tipped with red;
abdomen chrome-yellow, with three aual segments blackish. Primary deep black,
with a small basal whitish spot; a creamy ovate spot in the cell, followed by a
larger snbovate spot at the lower angle of the cell, above which is a similar coloured
dash. Secondary with the basal two-thirds chrome-yellow, terminal third black.
Exjiause : 98 mm.
Hab. Mafaln, 6000 ft., August.
Type in my collection.
Pseudophyx gen. nov.
Palpus roughly scaled, second joint reaching vertex of head ; third joint
smoothly sealed, of moderate length : antennae long, very finely and minutely
ciliate ; proboscis fairly developed ; legs hairy, hindlegs with retractile tufts on
the femora and tibiae ; thorax smoothly haired, abdomen without dorsal tufts.
Neuration : Primary with vein 2 from about the middle of the cell, 4 from tiie
angle, 3 from well before, S from directly above the angle, 6 from below the
angle, 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked ; areole minute, vein 7 from its extremity, 8, 9 and 10
lieing on a long stalk. 11 lying close above 10, touching it for some distance.
Secondary with two internal veins, 4 from the angle, 5 directly above the angle,
G from the upper angle, 7 from above the angle, 8 bent down near the base to
touch 7, then rising imujediately in a bold curve. Primary of male with a large
cell on its nndersurface between veins la and 2, filled with long downy soft hairs ;
a fine pencil of coarser hairs between veins 2 and 3. Secondary of male with
a large tuft of long hairs from the underside of the coSta, and on the npperside
a large horny glabrous patch occujiying the basal and median areas to below
vein 2. Primary with costa straight, then slightly depressed, rising rapidly to the
apex ; termen slightly produced to vein G, then receding greatly to the toruus
at vein la, which is considerably shortened. Secondary with costa strongly curved
to vein 7, where an obtuse angle is formed ; termen gently curved from that point
to the tornus.
Type : Pseiidopln/j- jirutti B-B.
This genus is probably near Ophyx Guenee.
21."). Pseudophyx pratti spec. nov.
i. Head iind thorax darkisli reddish, colliir deep crimson-brown, abdomen
greyish. Primary pale rufous ochreous, somewhat muttled; three fugitive darkish
subbasal spots ; orbicular small, finely encircled ; a dark irregular jmstmedial jiatch,
edged internally by a curved dark line, which crosses the obscure reuiforra ;
snbterminal line (edging externally the aforementioned patch) crenulate, deeply
excised below vein 3, adjoining which is a very dark broad stripe confluent at
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the torims with the equally dark outer lialt' of the inner margin ; termeu broadly
dark, with a pale spot below vein 7 well inwards and a pale streak between veins 4
and 2 edging the excised part of the previous band ; apex slightl}' paler. Secondary
with a glabrous patch occupying the basal and medial area ; termen and abdominal
fold mottled dark and paler rufous.
? . With head reddish, thorax and dorsum of iirominal segments pale orange-
reddish, abdomen dark grey. Primary with base and medial area orange-fawn-
colour ; postmedial area dark reddish, edged by a fine irregular line of white
scales ; terminal area broadly reddish orange, mottled with brown. Secondary,
orauge-fawn ; medial and postmedial area reddish, edged by an irregular line of
whitish scales ; terminal area very broadly reddish orange mottled with brown.
Expanse : c? 62 ; ? 64 mm.
Hab. Mafalu, Babooni, Ekeikei, and Aroa River, March, August, and September.
Type in my collection, and other examples in the Tring Museum.
Thoracolophotos gen. nov.
Palpi upturned, second segment reaching above vertex, thickly and closely
scaled, end joint moderately long, scaled ; antennae of male long, fasciculate ; thorax
tufted from the prothorax, spreading widely out over the metathorax ; legs thickly
scaled ; midtibia with a tuft at the femoral joint. Neuration : Primary, vein 2
from near middle of cell, 3 and 5 from close to the angle, 4 from the angle, 6 from
the upper angle, 7 from 8 at the end of the areole, which latter is given off from 10
to form the areole, 9 absent ; discocellulars very deeply recessed from the upper
angle ; cell covered with a tuft of hairs. Secondary, cell very short, not more
than a third ; vein 2 from near end of cell, 3 and 4 from angle, 5 from just above
the angle, 6 and 7 from upper angle ; costa straight to near apex, suddenly
depressed to apex, which is acute ; termen straight, oblique. Secondary fairly
ample ; termen evenly rounded.
Type : Thoracolophotos ekeikei B-B.
216. Thoracolophotos ekeikei spec. nov.
cJ. Head and thorax lavender-grey, witli a few pale ochreous scales ; thorax
with a large crest from the prothorax sjireading widely backwards; abdomen greyish.
Primary lavender grey, sparingly irrorated with ochreous, more abundantly on the
fold and inner margin ; a trace of a dark basal line ; two autemedial fine dark lines
angled in the cell ; three more or less obscure similar medial lines ; an obscure
postmedial one ; subterminal line dentate, rather palely edged externally, a small
whitish patch below vein 2 at aliout midway ; a large subtriangular dark purplish
brown cloud from midway along the costa to vein 3, and up to the costa about
a quarter from the apex. Secondary greyish, darker towards the termen.
Expanse : 51 mm.
Jlab. The type is in my collection, from Ekeikei, where the species occurs from
January to April.
217. Isoura pratti spec. nov.
£?. Head and collar dark umber-brown, the latter finely tipjied with whitish ;
thorax pale brownish with a slight lilac reflection ; abdomen yellowish, darker
towards the anal segments. Primary uniform j)ale brownish, with a sliglit lilac
reflection ; antemedial line waved, oblique, obscure ; postmedial lino nearly straight
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to vein 9, where it curves slightly to the costa ; a hlaek spot is in this line on
vein 1 ; termen with black points ; reniform jnst visible as a slightly darker line ;
the wing is very sparingly irrorated with fine dark points. Secondary yellowish
with termen broadly dark grey, tapering rapidly to the toriins below vein 2, fringe
yellow.
Expanse : 52 mm.
IfaL The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurred in
lilareh and April.
218. Hypaetra pratti spec. nov.
cj. Head and thorax deep crimson-brown, abdomen dark greyish brown, with
deep crimson tuft on the proximal segments. Primary, base and postmedial area
imrplish brown with lilac irrorations ; a small costal dark red subbasal s]iot with
a smaller one below it ; a large triangular dee]) velvety red-brown patch, occupying
the lower basal half of the wing, edged with white externally ; above its apex a
similar coloured costal spot almost confluent with it ; a broad oblique medial band
olive-green for its lower half, becoming pinkish towards the costa : in this band
is a waved crimson line, a large inverted triangular deep velvety red postmedial
patch with its base on vein G ; above its inner angle is a costal spot, and from
its outer angle rises a short line to the costa ; area from vein 6 to the costa
crimson : this is all margined by the broad pale lilac-grey postmedial area ; termen
broadly olive-brown. Secondary uniform darkish brown.
Expanse : 54 mm.
Hak The ty]ie is in my collection, from the Kebea Range, where the sjiecies
occurs in March, April, Mny and June. We have it also from other localities.
210. Hypaetra novoguineana spec. nov.
cJ. Head and thorax pale reddish brown, collar with pale lilac irrorations,
abdomen brownish. Primary reddish purjilish brown, at the base, between the
spots on the costa and in the postmedial area, especially on veins in the latter
part; a subbasal and a jiostmedial large deep velvety red-brown patch mostly
edged with creamy whitish ; above these patches to tlie costa the colour is
crimsonish brown, lietween them it is pale cinnamon red ; the postmedial waved
grey line edges externally the latter spot ; snbterminal line grey with two deep
angles, the lower of which has its apex about vein 5, from where it takes a curve
to the tornus ; termen with fine black points. Secondary uniformly brown, with
a trace of a ])ale postmedial line, apex and tornus, with fringes palely sjwtted.
? . Just like the male iu all particulars.
Expause : (? 46 mm. ; ? 50 mm.
I/ab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect occurs from
January to April, ^\'e have it from other localities, and other examides are iu the
Tring Museum from the Aroa Itiver. This sjiecies is one of the commonest in
British New Guinea.
221). Hypaetra subpunctata spec. nov.
cJ. Head and thorax greyisli brown, iibddnieii brownish. Primary brownish
grey with a tinge of lilac iu it ; base irrorated with ]iiMkish lilac, with a small dark
costal sjiot ; a deep red-brown broad subbasal strijie expanding rapidly below the
cell, and paler iu the cell ; the external edge of this stripe is straight, nearly erect
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and palely edged ; medial greyish line obsoui-e, very irregular, immediately followed
by the fine dark interrupted highly irregular dentate postmedial line, which is
strongly produced forwards about vein S and rises in a small costal triangular
dark patch ; beyond this the ground-colour is finely irrorated witii whitish grey ;
snliterminal line sharply serrate ; termen with a fine scalloped dark line. Secondary
uniformly brown.
Undersurface : Both wings nnifcn'mly brown, the secondary with four dark dots
beyond the cell, a small one on the costa, and another between veins 7 and 8,
between 5 and 0, and below vein lb.
? . Like the male, but darker, and frequently has no dark dots on the under-
surface of the secondary.
Expanse : <? 48 ? 52 mm.
Nab. The tyj)e is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the insect occurs from
January to April ; other specimens in the Tring IMuseum from the Area Kiver.
Lasiopoderes gen. nov.
Palpus with second segment upturned, heavily haired, reaching above the
vertex ; third segment moderately long, naked ; antennae minutely bipectiuate ;
legs heavily haired, mid- and hindtibiae with large heavy tufts. Neuration :
Primary with vein 3 from well before the angle, 4 from the angle, 5 from just above,
6 from a little below the upper angle, 7, 8, 9 and li.» stalked. Secondary with two
internal veins, 2 from the middle of the cell, -i from three-quarters, 4 and 5 from the
lower angle, 6 absent. Wings triangular, expanding widely at the termen. Termen
produced outwards at vein 7, then receding gently to tornus ; inner margin hollowed
below the cell. Secondary small, with a tuft of long hairs from the costa ; the
greater part of the underside occupied by a patch of thick androconia.
Type Lasiopodf/rs pratti B-B.
221. Lasiopoderes pratti spec. nov.
cJ. Head greyish, tliorax dark brown ; abdomen greyish brown. Primary
greyish brown, with the area below the cell ; the median and postmedian areas dark
brown, deeply hollowed twice at the outer margin, and with a paler costal patch, with
dark antemedial and medial lines. Secondary uniform pale brownish.
Expanse : .'55 mm.
Hab. Babooni, September; Aroa Kiver, March.
Type in my collection, and other examples in the Tring Mnsenm.
Hirsutipes gen. nov.
Palpi with second segment heavily fringed with hair reaching above the vertex,
third segment long, smoothly scaled ; antennae of male with very minute and fine
hairs, so fine as to aj)pear simple except under a strong lens ; legs, forefemora and
tibiae heavily haired ; mid- and hindfemora and tibia of male densely clothed with
very long hairs ; midtarsi clothed with similar hairs, spined to the end of the tarsi.
Neuration : Primary, vein 4 from the lower angle, ft from just above, 0 from the
upper angle, 7 from just beyond the angle, 8, 9 and 10 stalked, the latter from
about midway between the angle and the apex, 8 to below apex, 9 into apex,
10 bent down and approximating to 8 just beyond 7 ; no areole. Secondary, 4 and 5
from lower angle, (1 and 7 from nppcr angle.
Type : llirmtijirs trifusciata Swinh.
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222. Hirsutipes trifasciata Swiuli.
This species was described by Swiulioe as a Ihjpaelra, but it does not really
belong to that genus, and I can find no genus similar to it.
llab. New Guinea, Kebea Range, and Aroa Kiver, March and April ; specimens
in my collection and in the Tring Museum.
223. Baniana costiplaga spec. nov.
(?. Head and collar dark red-brown, finely freckled ; thorax and abdomen pale
chocolate-brown. Primary pale lilac-brown, with two dark chocolate-brown
triangular patches on the costa, from which rise the antemedial and postmedial
lines ; the former is nearly perpendicular, but slightly irregular, the latter is
angled sharply outwards from the dark patch, receding basewards from the angle ;
the area between these lines has a slight reddish tinge ; termen darkly spotted ;
orbicular represented by a dark point in the cell, and the reniform by two dark dots.
Secondary uniform cinnamon-brown.
Expanse : 32 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September.
224. Acantholipes bilineata spec. nov.
cj. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous grey. Primary pale brownish
ochreous ; antemedial line indistinct, angled inwards in the cell, with dark points
at each angle and on the costa ; postmedial line more distinct, darkly pointed,
projected strongly forward up to vein 6, receding rapidly below vein 4 ; a j)ale
irregular subterminal line of shading, from which np to the termen the ground
colour is rather darker ; termen darkly dotted ; reniform large and dark. Secondary
whitish ochreous, with a dark spot in the cell ; termen darkly dotted.
Underside : both wings pale ochreous grey. Primary with a large dark oval
ring at the end of the cell ; secondary with a dark cell-spot and a dark waved
postmedial line.
Expanse : 26 mm.
Ilab. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in
March and April.
225. Acantholipes ochreovenata spec. nov.
? . Head and collar pale chestnut-red, thorax pale ochreous grey with a dark
central line Primary pale ochreous grey; antemedial line whitish, angled outwards
in the cell, edged externally by a broadish stripe of sepia-brown interrupted at the
veins ; postmedial line whitish, angled outwards along vein 7, receding slightly
to 3, then erect to the inner margin ; a largish costal sepia-brown patch edges
internally this line and also fills the interior of the angle, but is interrupted at the
veins ; a subterminal dentate line of pale shading ; in front of the apex the costa
is finely dark, with three pale intersecting dots ; termen rather darkly shaded, and
darkly dotted ; all the veins stand out pale ochreous, interrupting all the marks
except the whitish lines. Secondary uniform pale brownish.
Expanse : 25 mm.
Ilah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September.
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226. Acantholipes dinawa spec. nov.
c?. Head, thorax, and abdotneu cream-colonr ; both wings creamy white, with
a broad dark brown obIi(pie stripe from the apex of the primary carried through
both wings, but beginning in the secondary at vein 7. Primary with a double
ochreous external edging to the brown stripe ; a subterminal line of dark shading ;
termen with fine dark points ; cell watli two terminal black points below each
other. Secondary with lines exactly as in the primary.
Expanse : 30 mm.
Hah. Dinawa, September ; Aroa River, March.
Type in my collection, and other specimens in the Tring Museum.
227. Acantholipes aroa spec. nov.
(?. Head, tliorax, and abdomen and both wings pale whitish yellow. Primary
with a trace of an angled medial line and an obscure darkish subterminal line
inclined inwards at vein 3 or 4 ; two dark dots at the end of the cell below each
other. Secondary paler and clearer than the jjrimary.
Expanse : 25 mm.
Hab. Aroa River, January and March.
Type in my collection ; other examples in the Tring Museum.
228. Acantholipes hampsoni spec. nov.
?. Head, tliorax, and abdomen pale greyish. Primary ]iale ochreons grey,
with basal and antemedial lines obscure ; medial and postmedial line oblique
dark, the ground between them being darkly filled in ; beyond the latter is a
broad pale grey stripe, edged obliquely externally by three lines — the first darkish
grey, the second pale ochreous, the third finely dark brown ; beyond this the
ground colour is darkish, edged by a tine double line of pale and darker shading;
termen darkly dotted; frmges silvery grey, with a darker central line. Secondary
paler than the primary, with all the primary markings carried more or less
distinctly through.
Expanse : 29 mm.
Hah. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September.
229. Acantholipes purpurascens s])ec. nov.
(?. Head and thorax purplish reddish brown, abdomen greyish. Primary
purplish chocolate-brown, with the antemedial and postmedial lines pale, interrupted
and obscure ; a broadish median band of paler ground-colour ; subterminal line
whitish, waved, bordering the dark ground colour, from whence the terminal area
is lilac-grey ; termen darkly dotted. Secondary piniiish brown, paler towards the
base.
Expanse : 24 mm.
Hab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where it was taken in
September.
230. Acantholipes arcana spec. nov.
(?. Head, thorax, abdomen, and both wings pale rufous, more or less finely
irrorated with darkish grey. Primary with a basal white point, three snbbasal
white points in a greyish line, a medial slightly angled grey line, a postmedial
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row of white dots in .1 grey line, ii ]iali' rnl'ous dciitiitc snliteriuiMal line, ti>rnicii
with black dots. Secondary with a medial grey line, postiuedial grey line with
a row of white dots, a terniinal row of Mack dots, inside which is a scalloiied
grey line.
Expanse : 38 mm.
Ilab. Aroa llivcr, Fcl)rnary.
Type in my collection. There is a specimen in tlie Tring Mnseum wliicli is
very dull in colour, with but little of the red tone in it.
231. Acantholipes alboserrata spec. nov.
c?. Head, thorax, and both wings greyish brown, with a basal white point;
an antemedial dark line, edged internally with white on the fohl ; medial dark
line irregular ; reniform with two black points ; a broad white serrate irregular
postmed